The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-11-30
" TTEIE J0E" Oh GRAMMAR
The Relatives who. Which and
That.

for example the following nom a coiieenon
OF newspaper clippings:
!. DR.. .Doane Of New York, who has
probably addressed more political audiences
than any man living. and who was one Of
the committee who drafted the first Repub-
licsn resolutions in 1855. This reminds me
Of the owls cry, huh. huh, boo The sec
ond ssAo is superfuous and the last should
Be changed 10 that. I might ask, when did
he die2 flr the writer appears to have kill
ed him
.. Which would be a hardship 70 the
men, inasmueh as after days work which
requires constant standing it would compel
them to walk to their homes or pay car fare,
which their small means would not permit
Of This sentence may be said to be be
Ehiched. The econd Ekieh should bt
changed to kgf, and Of al the close omit
ted
8. There never was time that The Dis
patch did not support the candidates of the
Republican party. nor an issue that ii did
not advocate that was conducive to the bes
interests OF the whole country. (The Dis
tafeh is my paper, bat would change the
first that TO .sAea, and conelude,-"nor an is
sue conducive to the best interests of the
whole country that II did not advocate.'D
Pronouns are apt to be oyerworked, fol
the fact is We have not quite enough o.
them. Those We have selected also belong
TO other parts Of speech, ard must need
turn up frequently. Being aware that th'
last may often be used in.erehaDgesbly with
the other two. persons Of q literary tast'
must stin be interested in a weil-groundet
rule designed to prevent their iDdiserimi
nate employment. Webster tells US ths
when the relative clause is explanatory O.
restrictive that may be used-Otberwise irh'
or lriieh. and not that. He would say:
l. The king that Tor who) rules well,
that being preferred.
?. Victoria, who (not that rules well.
Observe that in the comma is used. Tha
the comma before the relative is necessary
can be easily proved. III say The Ilal
ians ) who escaped from the mines" with
out the comma the clause IS restrictive
showing that only part Of them escaped, il
which case that may be used instead Of trhO
With the comma land likely some OUTSIDE
help it would appear that they all mad
their escape, and the sentence is right as j
stands. Take another example ito our pur
pose Quite Il was thrown under the gon
dola i which was wrecked" Read will
the comma there was but one gondols, snC
the sentence msst stand as it is, ,-Otherwisc
fla; may be substituted. Bat even withou
the comma the use Of that instead Of Eh0 il
a string Of good mouth-flling words maj
sound too chatty and familiar. For in
stance, we may be allowed to say, The mai
toho by luck and pluck has become the. IA
vorite Of the American people"
Finally, to prevent the over-muchness o
,uko or tcLiok we should use that wherevel
the rule will permit, especially instead o.
trhich, unless there is some reason 10 the con
trary. Then again, If that becomes trouble
some we can often omit the relative alto
ge;her, OF as a last resort change the struc
ture Of the sentence. 1t may be asked, il W,
may omit or change the relative for the sake
of euphony, why we should not be guides
by euphony alone in all cases. think VI
can all see the advantage Of method in Gu
work Websteri, good authority, and it i
easier TO follow a competent guide than Il
find or make way for ourselves. We shal
al least save time by it till we have gaineC
our experience. Random shots cannot b
relied upon to bring down the game, ant
those who profess TO be governed by the ca
alone may make themselves ridiculous il
the outcome.
In the following examples please correc
errors, retain the punctuation and insert th'
proper relatives ia the blank spaces. Copl
carefully aud forward to me al Somerset
with your name and address and nickel {,
cover expenses, and you will hear from me
By thi. means we shall become acquainted
and trust that the acquaintance will b
both pleasant and pro fitable.
l. John and Joseph got into dispute al
to-shoald have the honor of dancing
with the bride.
?. For want of them we are almost driver
to agree with the Journal, says Ii
wants roads before school-houses.
3. As soon as the Italians-escap<
got out Of the hole, they Sc. upon M.,
they charged with being the author of th,
accident
1. James Harmon returned this mornin,
from Texas, bringing with him . wife
be found in that country.
5 We should like TO have the names and
addresses Of hundred persons-at,ent
our church ARE not Christians
g. A would have involved rs,
coo IA mikes in ruin, besides causing finan
cisl panic worse than what followed 'BlacI
Friday"
:. Who is evidently hiding in the noun
Iains, ready to pounce upon any victim
he supposes has money.
s Il IS the welfare Of the old Democrat,
plrty-we all love 50 welLC) )-is al
stake.
9 These pictures, Morrill, hs'
oirculated among his friends in the Esst
viii serve 10 advertise this section in sn ad
mirable way.
10. Alter nightfali Il the yards and station
are shrouied in darkness, - has resulted
in mishaps to persons having bushes:
there at 3 late hour.
II. Who Of the persons who are obliged z
cross the bridge every day, know when tie
tumble-doEn affair will give way and throw
them into the icy waters Of the creek2
u. Electric Bitte-s /. Just the thing for
man is all ran down and don't care
whether he lives or dies.
or that means suicide, wouldn't some.
thing else do as weIl9l
All the papers Of the county are invited
to plblish these articles and commend them
10 the attention OF their read.rs-or criticise
them for that matter, if they are worth il
The old papers viii publish them, which OF
Itself viii give them an extensive circula-
ton. UScLE JoE."
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