Evening journal., 1893-07-22
POETIC NOT oRAMMArlc LICENSE.

POETIC NOT GRAmMATlc LICENSE.
An adjective is a word Joined to noun
to limit It's application or denote It's
quality.
There are two classes Of adjectives;
the word "the" is a limiting adjective;
each, every. either and neither are also
limiting adiectives They are excep.
tions, however, and the reason Is that
they sometimes belong TO nouns, like
sdjoctives. and Gt other times stand for
nouns. like pronouns Thus, In the
sentence, Each man has his faults"
each belongs to the noun man The same
rule applies to every" Aud swipes In
the Every Evening, newspaper
The grammaiian, Butler. says:
Many writer's make Of the articles a
distinct part Of speech. though
they cannot form such, q
definition Of the adjective, as
will Gpply to one, that this, those
etc without including an and the Ono
and that limit the meaning Of nouns; so
do an and the The writer's referred 10
seem TO have come to the subject with a
"foregone conclusion" that these words
do form distinct part OF speech, for
which conclusion they were TO find the
best reasons they could
The grammsrian, Kerl, says;
To show that we mean only one object
Of kind, aud no particular one, or that
we mean some particular object or OBJ
jecta we generally place the word a or
an. or the before the name; as tree, the
tree, the trees. II / eay, Give me q
book, an apple" you understand
that any book or apple will an
swer my purpose; but II
say. "dige me the book. the
books you understand that l want
some particular book OF books
Suppose some tangle-ioot grammarlar
should say give me every evening,
J what would Mr. Kerl understand
) Webster says, the" "was originally
demonsuative pronouu, being a weak
ened form OF that A word placed be-
fore names to limit or iudividualize thei
} meaning The" may be employed t.
, individualize particular kind or species
; as, THE grssshopper shall be a burden.
q Eeclesiastes xii, 8
Those quotations have been selectei
! after an Investigation, to discover 4
j there we're any authority 20 Justify th
; Every Evening IN omlttne "the" in r,
? ferring to It's own eloquence or efficiency
e It's present dullhess, ori It's hope OF futuG
} bliss We ob,erved that the cbtrts
{ ander which it revels IN legal existenC
I calls IL "the Every Esening." Hence
a seeing that dramatically aud legally
e was 'the Every Evening" we could nc
e understand why 10 is not some pArtict
r lar and distinct Every Evening TO itsel
], We have searched thoroughly.
K above, without success But, KNOWN
Q its Encyclopedia Britsnnica dementia, y
y still feel assured that il must have -four
a a warrant there, in the Koran. or in q
g well digested wisdom of Coufucius
} The only sembance of warrant y
could find, however, was I'm the accor
nodsting liberties allowed by poet
= license.
ie The Century Dictionary agrees wi
n Webster elaborately, but adds &"
Id poetry, before word beginning with
as vowel sound, the is made to slide in
a. the next word, to preserve euphony a.
1t not destroy the sense This RAPE Of q
10 Every Evening destroys the sense al
IS defes eaphony.
IS That must be the explanation
be course the Every Evening wonld n
iy break n rule Of grammar arbitrarily: a
ne it would not commit a technical blund
Id with alltbose Congressional reports Al
y Patent Office inspirations before t.
he would be as likely to hy IN the face Of
ne John Bright ancestry.
a The suppression Of ''the7 IS due to