The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-15
A Conversation.

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Mrs Al have been thinking about
farther and further, and what YOU said
in regard to their nterchangeabiiitvi but
it don't seem to me that they are always
interchangeable. For example, l say,
Il will further your interests 1t would
certainly be incorrect to say, 81 will far
Their your interests.
Mrs. B.-You may remember that we
spoke of the adjectives further and far
Their, and | said the same rules obtained
in the use of the adverbs. In the SEN
tence, I will further your interests"
further is a verb. The reason that YOU
think it sounds incorrect to say Il will
farther your interests is because You
rarely hear the verb farther used by
good speakers and writer's. If you will
refer to the definitions of the verbs fur
Their and farther you will see that fur
Their means to promote, to advance, and
that farther means to promote. to adj
vance. You will also find the word rare
Inserted after the definition of the verb
farther, with instructions to see the verb
further. So, while the two verbs are in
Interchangeable further is the better form,
because it is used by goou speakers and
writer's, while farther is rarely used.
Mrs. Al notice that you say "It
sounds incorrect" OF course that express
sion is correct, but il does not sound cor
rect. If it is correct to say at sounds
correct it must be incorrect to say 1T
sounds badly" and yet it sounds incor-
rect to say 1T sounds bad,
Mrs. B-Certainly it is incorrect to say
ct sounds badly" and it may sound in
correct so say cit sounds bad but you
can very easily understand that when we
say 1T sounds Incorrect or ut sounds
bad" 20 action is expressed by the verb
and in consequence the adjective and not
the verb should follow the verb. We may
say 81 sounded a horn and II sounded
it loudly (adverb) and when [ sounded it
loudly it sounded had (adjective)." Fig
uratively speaking we say II sounded
him carefully" before asking him to lend
me some money. We also say 1.-The ply
sic:an. carefully sounded the patients
lungs In each of these sentences action
is expressed by the verb sounded, and, in
consequence, the adverb and not the
adjective is required, although we might
add that the same degree OF care IS not
required in sounding ones lungs as in
sounding ones pocketbook.
Mrs. Al told a friend of mine about
the series of articles ON Correct English
and How to Use it, and she said, II
should feel very badly if | thought 1t
would be necessary to study English after
having devoted so much attention to the
subject at college" 1 wanted to say to
her, IF you would only study the first
lesson you would never feel badly again"
But, before l forget it. / noticed you said
Il sounded him carefully before asking
him to lend me some money Shouldn't
one say loan instead of lend?
Mrs. B.-No. lend and not loan is tho
proper verb to use. Loan is noun and
should not be used as verb, because the
old verb lend sufficiently expresses the
meaning we wish to convey. The use Of
the noun loan as a verb is recent, md If
you will look up the verb 4oan you will
find that it is denounced as an objection
able use of the noun loan and that loan
as verb is rarely used in Great Britain
Mrs. A.-Well, L never remember to
have seen that. -"'.''
Mrs B.-You should say 'I don't re-
member ever to have seen that" "EI
never remember means II always forget
and while Il never remember is the cor
rect form to use in come instances it Is
incorrect in the sentence 4 never reS
member to have seen" for that is ,quiv-
alent to saying 81 always forget to have
seen"
Copyright, 1850.