The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-01-30
"DIDsT HEAR HnR sPmAKw
sOLEOIaAIA.

BoLEoIsMs.
A giddy little schOol.ma'am, at the
end OF o vacation ofJauntng ana llirt,
ing, said, "ln regard 10 this summer |
have only one regret, and that 10 a
grammatical error; said better than
me- instead OF better than L.
Happy girl, indeed, with nothing
worse on her conscience than an error
In grammar, which, II uttered In mu.
Alcal tone, cannot DO very offensive.
One could not lose sleep over that.
But correct habits may be- acquired 30
that the right word will slip of ones
tongue as gllbly 90 the wrong one,
II WIS once my fortune 10 board with
three school teachers, 10 was the time
OF my tAlkatiYe, elluslve youth, when /
thought more OF the rhapsodlCal emo
tons | experienced than the words
with which they were expressed. |
shall never forget the cool interruption
one day given me; "lieg pardon, but
you misprOnOunce glamour IL is Inn
possible TO pretend | was not irrltated,
but that word was impressed on me,
A popular s0leClsm Is the use Of IKE
Instead Of as. A mortifying blunder
cured me of that, | was conyersiug
one day with gentleman with whom
| became 30 familiar, that we had drop
ped the pOliteness that In ceremonial.
We were speaking earnestly and not
precisely understanding each other
Finally, with impatlence, ! exclaimed,
"l wish could talk like feel"
lie answered, outtingly "Who does
talk iiko he teesY"
The remark was cruel, but | have
grown to count " worth my thanks.
REpuNDANClEs,
Either letters, syllables, words or
phrases, weaken expression,
IOW0itiS should not have the s II was
about to say tho final S) any more
than aRyiOh0reS and RODhorCS, which
uneducHted persons say.
Beside and besides have distinctive
meanings; the first, a proposition,
stands Tor by the side of, ale sat beside
mt" aud out Of, In derivation from, as,
paul, thou art beside thyself,' Be
IdoS, an adverb, means moreover, or In
addition TO.
Underneath Ia unnecessarily long, as
beneath or under conveys the same
meaning. In choosing w0ros, unless
the long one has special excellence, use
those that are short. Lenity is better
than leniency; conversational than
Conversati0nalist, and c0nyerser is
preferable 70 either
Undermine Hndorhand, expressive
but awkward words, we should uB9
without adding q or ed.
Most, used In tho sense equivalent TO
BeTy, generally weakens u composition,
Edward 5. Gould gives in "GoOd Eng.
lish' several pages quoted from stand
ard historians and essay writer's where
IN the word occurs frequently, by
Omitting IL the style Is improved, as the
author says, In almost every case,
A repetiti0n of such phrase as at all
Ia no improvement In writing or ordl-
nary conversation, while IN heaOen'S
name and other strong expressions are
blemishes TO be deplored,
Here come unaGsorted notes. In
poetry "think on me- IL used, but "of
me" is correct.
"More than you think for;' the last
word Is superfuous.
"Height' should be pronounced TO
rhyme with "tight" Bah, | remember
q sweeter reminder than thatl The old
German song,
"As from my window height
look out on the night,
stlll am weeping,
My lone watch keeping"
Learned should be pronounced In two
sylables when an adjective, also aged,
and bel0Ded In three,
"Averse 10" is correct.
"Dlfer With" Is right meaning dis.
pute; differ from" when the dlsput.
ants agree that they disagree.
seldom II ever is the correct eX-
preston, not Tor ever"
"Bellttle" is not good word.
We should say "mlstaking man" not
"mistaken man." aud "you mistake.
instead of "your are mistaken"
There is often great confusion In re.
ferrlng TO nouns, singular or plural.
Even a classic like "rales from Shake
speare," by Charles and Mary Lamb,
contains this sentence Everybody
gave themselves up 70 feasJing and
MAKING lnoIly'
BUT THE POPULAR ERRORS
Are In the use of 10 Ho, 10 lag TO SO, to
set TO rise, TO raise.
Lie, sit, rise, admit no object after
them, and when followed by a noun IL
is always preceded by proposition.
For instance, al lie on the bed" "He
sits on the chair" and "They rise in the
air"
Lay, set, raise, are always followed
by some noun or pronoun In the obiec-
tive case. These words are used In
speaking of the things we handle or in
any way act upon. They may be used
reAectively, as, for example, aman may
clay himself on the bed, or "set him.
self on u chair" etc, In which cases the
emphatic pronoun constituting an OBJ.
iect comes Immediately after the verb
without the intervention Of u preposl.
tion. KATE KAUFMAN.