The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-21

Editor Of Tbn Times ispatc 1855 I,
wiEAG eSpESmy app5 Valaabe
addition 70 he Times R r patch published
under the caption DonitY for the Speak
$erfand Writer, II am. spfe that n2great
,anSof the onr nnd
tainly count myself anong mat numper
There are Esome ot your S don Is, 4. however,
Sin whichf1 canifot gree with you, and
ASSN to-daysf paper5youinyite OTHER opin-
Ions, i am glad to abe5able to bring mine,
ito your notice. II g 55St ss5t.s gss fst
You obtes;t to1the use \ Of IS the 81 t Elk
Pphrassnllk g all idlons-defes analysis
but it5is ccrtainly VI not superfluous, except
us every word or phrase used merely for
emphasis is superfuou " 2 nothing
Of Oh nv, nyS7knd," nothing whatever. More.
over, 1t is sustained by the ausageS OF the
very best authorities s.s RAJ. 5sli
John xviii IS. God9is light. and in himsi s
no darkness at alI.-775 Il \, PIN g.. Z,
MoW this no mort dish9n,ors y9u I'LL
Shakespeare Coriolanus. Act Ill sc. 2.
Than never 10 have loved at all 4. !, !.
Numerous other EXAMPLES might 'bee
(2) Again, you war a gal inst the use Of
the active voice Of the verb graduate.
gives US one TITS intranstlye meanings:'
ITO receive Il degree from a. college or
university, after examination in q course
55youruse' Of it lis the original use, hut
again we must bow to lsages. For cx-
ample see Contrary Dictionary.
& 90 AS to theguord guess Tor y mink,
that 1t CRATES on the ear. But you are
in error when you say that y Is purely
first appearance of the word, Until a
few years ago had always frowned
upon 1t as n Ynnkeeism, and You can
Imagine the shock when ne ! found that old
400 years before the word Yankee had
ever seen the light.
Herde ] so played n ravyshng iswetnesse,
That God. that makere is of al and lord.
Se fsras neHalf ReeS aS FowS sesE
Further examples are:
There ben now fewe Of suche | gesse.
Cover. Conf. ,Amant.. H., $780,.
Not altogether: sbe tterAfar, i guess, 5i &
That we do make our entrance several
E93s41a ways F.y. III 5FStis t}3if 55 II lG5
Shakespeare Il Henry VI, Act H.. SC, q. .
4 SEQ Or. Van Dykes little Rivers" for
d5 i lie most surprising Of these Is,
hS %DSd rGr Cd T0 ana dufE Tn
''had rather" Had is here the preterite
subjunctive or have In the sense OF ire
gard" and Is analogous to chad as lef."
+ Naturally ] had, we had etc,.s We're con-
mistaken idea that the ORIGINALS were +
s W2ln ETC. dRs as an a atSmpt
hqbitually employed by the best writer's.
. II had rather to be married sto.a deaths
either Of theses kespeare, NJ, of5Y.S
had much rather have my. body backt
with wounds than t have a hnngman FLIP
aine.-,Dekker Mattel. Me IN London, vol.
W, 100. NJ
and Wear th e bonds. than fsten l' them on
him. cowper, Task, H., 30.
This Is frequent in more modern writer's
also. ySs
Right here wish e Say tl1a to our ~ Al
ems are tho very, boneb Am and seMI o. e
lives or dies, Ono Of the great MISTAKES
made by some modern scholars Is the,
effort 10 stigmatize some Of our most
cherished ana most useful idioms, nus
unwittlngly deriving vs. OF what ll9t. con.
T remains ' for Us to resist this effort in
every way possible. &, .3E
iIuGHsNt, BLAIR, NJ. A. PHI. d.
Associate Principal y M e.
N Naynps 9sn 'no wa' excellent work. yith
should be familiar. Is Words and Their
Ways III English Speech. by Grgenolgh
and, Klitredse, published by TIE aiae-
,millln GO. AZ.