The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-01-11
About Sentences.

men, Lei him turn and flee" This from
parody in Bruc-'s Address sffords good
example Of the use Of and. II is the only
conjunction that expresses an addition
simply that and nothing more The mem
bers of each pair are so closely connected
both in thought and expression that with
out stopping to anaIszs them We may re-
gard them as one. Correct the following
and change to single sentences by the use Of
and !:
l. The weather has been wet and cold
Friday morning last we had quite shower
Of hail.
p Il destroys all sense Of pain where ap-
Piled 1t leaves no unpleasant after-efecis-
5. Two unknown women on the horse
cars were killed instantly. Thirteen other
passengers were injured.
4. Irishmen and Italians Of the street
gang had free fight. Two Irishmen stab
bed
s. The Lords Supper was administered
to the congregation. Seventeen new men,
bers were taken in the church.
Though deep, yet clear; though gentle.
yet not dull strong without rage, without
OVERLOOKING, full" Here we have phrases
expressing contrast or opposition, each OF
which may be changed TO admit the use of
bat. But like and, is convenient mount
for inexperienced writers. and like it's lis
BILE to be ridden to death. Sometimes it is
hard to tell which should be used, as this
example will show: The doctors started 70
work on one side and the priests prayed on
the other, and in eight minutes DIR. Chess
rown pronounced the man dead" Com
pare with this: He had been in a helpless
condition for quite while, and before the
day Of bis death he got up himselfand walk
ed to the window and viewed the surround
ing atmosphere" Change the following as
above, using but instead of fand:
l. The hands have had rest during the
holidays. They will resume work on next
Monday.
?. Always hit the nail on the head, be
careful you don't hi: your finger nail.
3. The rule was generally adhered 10.
Had there been no exceptions to it there
would have been no story TO tell.
4. The main business OF the pulpit is the
preaching Of the gospel; the question OF
ethics should not be despised.
5. Take potatoes for instance, they are
very low in many localities. They may and
will be dearer after while.
Let US now examine items where the facts
are too numerous to be contained In q sin
gle sentence. Here is one for instance that
comes in wrong end foremost: He died
without struggle. Was very cool and col
lected on the scaffold. Awoke at O'Clock
breakfasted at 9 aud walked with a steady
mien TO his DOOM" Changed TO two sen.
tences the second should read "0n the
scaff5ld he was cool and collected and died
without struggle" Divide each ofthe fol-
lowing into two sentences, with the necessa-
ry corrections:
l. Ephraim Pine. Of Millvale, n. j..
went to New York with three valises to bor-
r'w money of Jay Gould. Everybody scar
ed to death. Ephraim has gone home and
no one was hurt.
, Quay does not mean TO let 1t be buried
there. If the committee report it, He
would not say what his reasons were for
the proposition. He said he wanted the
country to think it over.
3. Balwer at one time wrote a simple lit
tie story and named it The Coming Race, -
it was only pamphlet bat it was as all his
works interesting.
l. / will not say that all the best Chris
tians are regularly found at the prayer
meeting-that would not be true. l think
that all would like to be there.
5. Advices from various portions of the
State are to affect that regular blizzard /:
prevailing its intensely cold and drifting
snow has seriously interfered with railroad
traffic.
Examples where words necessary to the
sense may be supplied BY the intelligent
reader:
l. 0nly one way out Of the dilemma,
friends.
. Other buildings will be run up as
found necessary.
3. It will be much larger c,nYention
than last year.
4. To prevent this has been a fruitful
source of controversy.
5. They are proud of the Church, being
second to nonein the county.
6. He conducts, and always has, a very
prosperous business.
Z. We never can do much till we begin
to do little that we can.
Examples for correction where the parts
of a sentence are not arranged in their natu
raj OrdeE-a fault that tends to obscure ths
sense, as this extract from one of our home
papers will show: at penetrates fertile
valley, the terminus of the road being
Friendsyille. Nd, distance of twenty ol
thirty miles, and very prosperous lumber
district"
/. An order was passed in the Senat,
providing for the printing of / 900 copies o
the Constitution with amendments by the
public printer.
:. John Lineweayer, who had been all
ing for some time we are pleased to say, il
able to be around again.
3. The first steel pens cost 81 65 apiece
while now you can get hat-full OF EN- for
that money, or nearly so.
4. Resolutions of sympathy were passed.
with the missionaries in Japan, owing TO the
recent earthquakes.
5. And an address, which is very highly
spoken of by DR.. Kremer TO the young
| folks.
6. The building Friday morning wa
surrounded with an immense crowd, and
every undertaken with his dead wagon was
on hand
= There is much TO admire" said be
"in them"
Useless words in sentence are an ele
ment of danger. With all our care we may
Sometimes fail to make ourselves under
stood; bat knowing that it is the right
thing to do We must always keep trying
Read the following with and without tbs
words in paren;hess:
l. 1t tinvolyed the question las to- wheth
er Tor mott schooI-tax is included in the tax
alton for state and county purposes.