The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-15
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Correct English and Row to Use ct
BY JOSEPHINE TURcK BAKER.

Note-Were is used with the present
infinitiye or the present participIe torex-
press future event about which there
is uncertainty. 1t is properly used when
should can be used in its stead. Exam
pies:
II / were to so I should pay half of
the expenses.
If were going L should paw half of
the expenses.
Note-lf were to go or if I were going
is equal to IF 1 should CO." which is
the foDm of the future tense of the sub
junctive mood.
A Conversation.
Mrs. Al have been thinking about
farther and further, and what you said
in regard to their interchangeability but
it don't seem to me that they are always
interchangeable. For example, L say,
II 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 l 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 II 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
ther 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 il is used by goou speakers and
writers, while farther is rarely used.
Mrs. Al notice that you say cit
sounds Incorrect OF course that. express
sion is correct, but it does not sound cor
rect. If it is correct to say sit sounds
correct it must be incorrect to say 1T
sounds badly" and yet it sounds incor-
rect to say ''It sounds bad"
Mrs. B.-Certanly it is incorrect to say
ct sounds badly" and it may sound in
correct so say at sounds bad" but you
can very easily understand that when We
say SIT sounds Incorrect" or at sounds
bad" no 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 I sounded it
loudly it sounded bad (adjective)." Fig
urativeiy speaking we say II sounded
him carefully before asking him to lend
me some money. We also say '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, az
should feel very badly if l thought 1t
would be necessary to study English after
having devoted so much attention to the
subject at college" L wanted to say to
her, eff 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.-Ne. lend and not loan is tho
proper verb to use Loan is noun and
should not be used as a 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 IL
you will look up the verb 1ban 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. 'tl''' s*'i'fH
Mrs B.-You should say 'T don't re-
member ever to have seen that" IT
never remember means 81 always forget. rs
and while 81 never remember Is the cor
rect form to use in Gome instances it IS
incorrect in the sentence Il never reA
member to have seen" for that is quiv-
alent to saying 81 always forget to have
seen" $3.50
Copyright, 1850.