The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-18
erros of others.

erros of others.
 Mrs. B.-Yes, you are improving. but you should not say "I not only notice my own errors, but also the; errors of others" Not only" and but also
 are correlatives, consequently their relation is such that each member of this pair should be placed before the same part of speech. When you say " not only notice" you place mot only" before a verb. and when you say but also the errors" you place but also" before a noun. If you say 'I notice not only my own errors, but also the errors of others" you have the | correct form, because you have then placed "only'' and but also' in their proper relative positions--that Is, each member of the pair of correlatives is placed before a noun.
 Mrs A.-well, never in this world can think of all that when I am speak | ing. Mrs. B.-You might let 1t go until | the nezt world, but if you think 1t is | not practicable to observe this rule in | conversation you can at least do % | when you are writing an essay for your | club.
 Mrs. Al have to read an essay | at the next meeting of our club, but | I shall have some hesitancy in reading my paper now that my attention is | called to my errors. Before I met you I thought my English was all right. I graduated from college and always | thought that. my English was excep- tionally good. Mrs. B.-One is apt to have an excel lent opinion of ones English when one is a graduate of a college. When I ! was graduated I too had an excellent opinion of my English. You may ob- | serve that I say when I graduated" /" You should not say. as you did few
 moments ago, when I graduated" We | do not graduate ourselves, we are gra- | duated. Our alma mater oonfers the | degree: that is, graduates us and We are graduated.
 Mrs. A.-Why is 1t that one rarely | studies English after one leaves school? ? Mrs. B.-Because one thinks there is
 no necessity for doing so or other mat ters engage ones attention. The con- | sequence is that many we'll educated | persons speak incorrectly simply be- | cause their attention is not called to | their errors. Although a person may have had a collegiate education, he will form bad habits of speech unless | he is critical and watchful or is re-
 minded of his errors by others. One should supplement ones knowledge of
 correct grammatical forms by further study of the subject; first, because one often forgets much of ones early in- struction. and. secondly, because the practical application of the principles
 of grammar is often beyond the com prehension of young students. Mrs. Al note that you use the expression by farther study of the subject" Could one say further study?"
 Mrs. B.-Yes. If you look up the
 meaning of farther" and further you will find that the words are in- terchangeable.
 Mrs. A.-That may be, but I have a
 little book at home that says that
 farther is used of rest" and further Is used of notion"
 Mrs. B.-Yes. have the same book. also have the Century and the Stan dard. By referring to either you will see that farther is defined as "more
 remotl more distant; additional. , Further" Is defined as "more remote !:
 more distant; additional" I fail to see | any difference between the adjectives further and farther. Even the ad-
 verbs are interchangeable. Your little
 book refers to the adverbs.
 Mrs. Al don't see any difference
 either. Is "I don't" permissible or must
 I say "T do not?"
 Mrs. B.-"I don't is correct, be-
 cause don't" is the proper contrac-
 ton of do not" and contractions are permissible in conversation, provided
 the right ones are used. You may
 say T don't" you don't" i've don't''
 "they don't" because the proper con
 traction of "does not" Is doesn't" and
 not don't" So We say. T don't" you don't" "he doesn't"