The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-10
Styles or
WIN Some 0bsnrvstasus on Ysie susnme
school EnHlish.

Nv Wv OuDRwv Uh&V4Hu ~ nAt0 Sutuuu0
School KSna1iss.
TO TEE EDfroR-ox Tnx SuS -sav, At the open
ING Of the preface of = recent. Engiiah grammar
the fcilowiag criticism may 10 hound: To erper.
enccd teanhsrsi tNhss long besn ovident' that pupils
strainsd IN Ola ssyie grammar 100 oftsu lack the
peeeS orenpressiso. Indeed. II hiss been charged
that though their heads arc FUN OF thcery. ana
though they have hundreds Of rules at tho end Of
their tongues. they arc unable 10 wrtte . single
clear. strong. smooth English sent snce."
That there are many faulty writer's who wsre
trained In "osa stytsr grammar muss be- admitted.
but is u 'nos also worry noticeshic THAT many semi
nary and coRces students and graduates long
trainsd b Now style" grammar and rhetoric ere
dennteut N the power % psoeer exp0cssionf
As the esaagsras,oa In ucAra to "bundreds OF
rules aAA iBabtlfty " vvSe - singh clear, stYDne.
smooth Enxlss seasenoe. oomes from o coiieIe
graduate, I en- inclined 70 criAelse . sentence found
In the circular OF the Yale Summer School, which
opens 70 day. Amer namfnxi some OF the courses
offered by the schooa ,he circular contains the
Relieving: "In addition the~es arc o rrenl variety
OF courses which give teschcrs opportunity for
personal culture. These courses are many Of them
introductory and require no previous special preps-
rstonL-
Previous 10 whAt' Previous to tho opusdne OF
the scheoif or previous. rs preliminary inssruc-
tion. TO taking up regularly each courss In the
SCHOOL, In cfthSr case. n would seesu that pre-.
vious special prepa ration would; not BE- sppro.
pirate. for the sentence quoted declares that these
COURSES ere many OF them introductory and require
no previous special preparation" That makes u
look ~ II "prevtous- Is redundant in the sentence.
10 the author OF the circular means by previous
special pscpa ration props rasIoa hefere tho open-
ing OF tho scheoa. he should say. "ns specaai prop.
Arasos previous 10 tho opening OF tho srhooi.-
Previous preparattop- Is rather questionable.
Yet wsfsrcto aocepsstho phrass az clear. strong
English ipresunse. oscaase = apparently gymnastics
from o high soutce.
The clause These courses are many Of thcm"
before the coaapssmeat "lnsssaucsory- s.aas TO
me 10 he clumsy. 10 ny the least. Even ~ the
construction has No other fsult than that Of brsns
chussy. n b opon TO ~cxittetsn. for Yale proFukes
70 eve % this summer school the bsua of every.
thiae 10 NO ltaes
Ths ssntsncs of which that clause 10 o part starts
out 70 predicsss sossethane Of 'Thoss oourscs.s
but constitutes with a. cHnrt 70 prcduosts something
OF only many osthsnn"
Suppose thAs . man has forty horsos for
racecossssen AND says % thems ""rhusen forty
horses aro Sin % them UAesfh trosters. ssd re-
quire OATS no these fertys noruss- require oats
because "stx of thcm" ere ssasssua ~trotterss Or
do ouay TIE six xrsocful tsusssfsf require them.
Wouif 10 ma 10 wen t0f snss tns seuasnss IN she
circussr no a. 20 nave 70 vo&a NANNY % tnuss courssu
are i~nsssducsory sna require No special prspsSa-
ttprrfr on. or thsss couzzss uAsay Go mtruduc-
tory OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES C.H.r.
NonwIcn. Com. Jusy