The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-01

If I was" and "if he was" are the proper forms to use when the supposi- ton of the action or state may be re- garded as a fact
 Were Is always used after the ex- pression of a wish. Example: I wish were going with you. I wish he were here. He wishes he were rich.
 Note-Were Is used with the pregcnt inflnitive or the present participle to ex- press a future event about which there is uncertainty. It is properly used when should can be used in it's steaJ. Examples:
 If were to go should pay half Of the expenses.
 If were going should pay half of the expenses.
 Note-If I were to go or if were going is equal to ''ff I should go," which is the form of the future tense of the subjunctive mood.
 ACONVERSATION. Mrs. Al have been thinking about farther and further, and what you said in regard to their interchangeabillty. but it doesn't seem to me that they are always interchangeable. For example. I say. "I will further your interests. :" It would certainly be correct to say 1 WILL LdTtHeI your hitCiOobS' Mrs. B.-You may remember that we spoke of the adjectives further and | farther, and 1 said the same rules | obtained in the use of the abverbs. In the sentence, ''I will further your ln- terests,' further Is verb. The reason that you think 1t sounds incor~ rect to say "I will farther your in- terests" is because you rarely hear the verb farther used by good speakers and | writers. If you will refer to the defini . tionS of the verbs further and farther you will see that further means to promote, to advance, and that farther means 10 promo e, to advance. 1ou will also find the word rare inserted after the definition of the verb farther, | with instructions to see the Vero l further So. while the two verbs are l interchangeable, further Is the better form because it is used by good speak CTS and writers while farther is rarely used.
 Mrs. Al no,i,e that you say "It sounds incorrect Of course that ex l pression Is correct. but it does not sound correct. If 1t is correct to say Tt sounds correct" it must be incorrect to say Tt sounds badly" and yet 1t sounds incorrect to say slt sounds bad" uHF-
 Mrs. B.-Certainly 1t is incorrect to say Ut sounds badly" and 1t may sound incorrect to say 'it sounds bad but you can very easily understand | that when we say it sounds incorrect or it sounds bad" no action is ex- pressed by the verb, and in conse- quence the adjective and not the ad- verb should follow the verb. We may say T sounded horn and "l sounded | 1t loudly (adverh) and when sounded | 1t loudly it sounded bad (adjectivel " | Figuratively speaking we say "I sound ed him carefully" before asking him to lend me some money. We also say the
 physician cdrefully sounded the 1 patients lungs. Tn each of these sentences action is expressed by the verb sounded, and in consequence, the adverb and not the adjective Is requlr-
 ed, although we might add that the same degree of care Is not required m sounding some ones lungs as in sound l ing ones pocketbook.
 Mrs. Al told a friend of mine Nbout the series of articles on correct English and How to Use It. and she
 said should feel very badly 1T l | thought 1t WoIrld he necessary to sthdy English after having devoted so much | attention. to the subject at college. wanted to say to her. "If you would l only study tho first lesson you VIII | never feel badly again. But before | forget it I notice that you saiu T 7onnded him carefully before asking | him to lend me some money shouldn't one say loan instead of lend?
 Mrs R,-No lend and not loan Is he proper verb tN rse. Loan $ q noun SnA should no. he used as verb. be- cause the old verb lend sufficiently ex- presses the meaning We wish to convey The use of the noun loan as a verb is