Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-12-12
aRAMMAR.s BROKEN LAVA
FORMS - speech In Refined Social On
d. Brief LIT.

DSAMHAhS oHONcN 1.-TWO
ronn.s - speech IN Refined Social On
oies-A Brief List
Mo strangest Of all the curious cir.
mumstances attendant upon the hsbitual
disregard Of grammatical laws is the u
consciousness II the offender. Our self
asds man and the wife he has uukered
INTO n match ARTICLE" court ~ orna-
nents 70 thsir drawing room, eminent
scholars and literary lights, domestic and
foreign; admire intensely in them the
facils propriety OF expression in which
they are themselves deficient, and never
suspect the effect Of the contrast they
sfer.' Does the inability TO discern the
difference lie in the ear or the i-lellecp
have called this insensibilit, the moss
singular OF the psradoIes connected with
sur subject May ] retract the state
nent and substitute tho anomaly q
people, born well and bred we'll, educated
according 10 the most approved methods,
and moving in refined social circles.
whose foibles OF speech approach in num-
Der and rival In Nervousness the direo*
kpguAl faults Of illiteracyi
People who drop the final 8 from pr
Sdples, and other words ending in ing"
with the consistency tAs cockney exhisa
n m~ispAcing b.
People who ay he don't Ike IT.
without . suspicion that the oonjoinsd
~abbrviafoa stands for Tho do mot
Ike H."
People who inquire ''you readyf" you
goingY' and sometimes where you
beenr'
People who never oy any chance say
between you and me- but with the
s~teadfastness Of q holy purpose, ''betvosn
you and IT, q.
People who pride themselves upon ths
elegant accuracy Of every sentence
formed by their lips, and tell YOU in cul-
tivated euphoniousness OF accent, - have
Travelled some in" England, Russia, Trr-
key, or Australia, and ~ have not
ooughed any al night"
Peopls who have been on intimate
terms with Lindley Murrsr and his col
leagues for forty years, ard not learned
that amt Is not tolerated oy any OF them,
being an un-parable we'd.
People WIG consider the fact that they
were born south Of Massn's and Dizson's
line warrant for ignoring the dictum,
''Aftcr the words like and unlike, the
proposition TO or unto is understood"
and cruelty our ears by telling us on all
possible occasions L feel like l should
do" so-and-so, and stHe looked like he
meant it." Who as unsteady and
audaciously say, II am a heao better" or
"a heap worse"
! heard a DID. F. F. v. say 10 = ser
mon, at does seem like the Lord has
some great and gracious purpose to
fulfill in" etc. And a few minutes
thereafter. II expect that this is the
proper Interpretation Of this passage"
There are people, on the other hand.
who, horn and brought up in the shadow
of Yale, roll the phrase: Il want that
you should, ike a savory and insoluble
morsel under their tongues, and not q
few, who, as Mr.. Howells' Minister Sewell
regrets, will-albeit they are Harvard
graduates-ssy, TO the close of well spent
hives, Il don't know as"
People-this final count Is written with
groanings unutterable WHO, with the
best intentions conceivable benevolent
and syntaxical), never let Zip an oppor-
tunity Of using the pronoun ''they" when
the antecedent noun is in he singular
number. IF a person thinks they can
DO that" IF anybody has lost any
thing, they can apply at the desk" 81
yrna a ll..D NTH lnpan mn thu Ofhor Aar
and they said," etc. etc.
None of the phrases cited as foibles Of
speech trench npon the debatable ground
Of language. One and all, they are
glaring defects, flaws in gems which
lessen their value irretrievably. The
critical inspector instantly discounts the
intelligence OF consciousness Of him
who tenders them.
That those who are guilty OF lapses OF
this sort know better, does not exculpate
them or relieve the listener who respects
his noble vernacular too truly TO condone
the unseemly familiarities that approx
mate insult. When the delinquents are
those who assume TO instruct others, the
foible becomes guilt.
N h4nllnBuloucu tullOlt ~ a ttCSpliOu
given in honor Of her visit TO q certain
town, pressed the hand Of a sister writer
who was introduced to her, with the cor
dial-"You and ! had ought to have met
before"
An eminent lecturer upon scientific
subjects remarked at a dinner party,
sire hall was not sufficiently het to-
day"
The principal Of a collegiate institute
announced during the commencement
exercises that the presentation to himself
Of a memorial from the pupils was .
''change in the programme made en-
tirely unbeknownest TO himself"
He was taken by surprise by the ties.
tiInonial, and the luckless phrase escaped
him when of his guard. 1t should have
been impossible for him TO make use Of
Il In any circumstances. II he bad nevei
said il before he would not have said 4
then. Marion Harland in Once a Week