Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-07
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American and British Grammar.

Kearnev Neb Dec. ito the Edi-
tor nf The Rec: In Saturdays Bee,
American IaneuaEe," the opening SEN
tence bothers me, viz: "A group OF
p American language as distinguished
from the British English" Is the
compound noun singular? Group
may be and is treated in the singu-
lar number, but its correlative ad-
junct is plural. What is the recon
Citation. | am not posing as a critic.
l only desire Information.
H. S. BELL, M. D.
Note. n nv "compound noun" our
corresnondent refers to the term
"Rritish- English" he NAV be informed
that II il a noun used as an adjective
and therefore relates to and qualities
the NOM Language" and is not sub
iect IN fhe verb His question, how
ever. touches on one of the principle
points of divergence between the
American and British forms as to the
number of the collective noun. In
America the common usage is to use
singular verb. adverb or pronoun with
the collective noun: British usage is
the opposite. This occasions a little
confusion. but 1t Is not an irrecon-
oilable difference.
Pushing the Boycott to a Finish.
90, n NJ .ha rd,,or of
M iI D pee aS,, 'H is ,ns,oai an
ny; tne Peg. ieeu ii 10 90 ~ +h;s
men. IL is logical u,ii "a AM nian U ,,;th
oasls WISH W sus ses. eha h ae an
esss we enouiu uee ~. tooi wa orc
al Minus VI tnihss 60 w.
paying 700 h,sm pie ~. o. intn
'eae pfoposeu ooyoos' ~ esS the SO fandS
et n 'ne uaHu ~" $3.50 800
VIII De Lncrea 1 anu .L PIES o ou' th
spohu.nsy iaisu. roi inns nn ,n
ooycott On lou mus oe seheiai ahu
a ooycole Vi 'iiis Aiho 10 'ouiU ~ NC
e'tgGtiVe.
men 70 reouce tne cost vi Ioai re-
ol tnat treatnent snouiu prihs .ns
The 90 ms weanon usad With The cloth
ing trust and the shoe trust would re-
duca the nr;ce NJ cIotbing and shoes
Perhans TOO The landIorSs wouId re-
dnce The hipb rents II we ali bovcott
honses
Serious,v bovaver inst what do
von thinl wo,,id bannan To old II r.
Of 7. IL the nenn,e ipstaad Of bovcott.
mo food fnel oIothina and Shelter
should bovcott those dealers who
hare az nost exorh;tant nrioas
for 3hosa $780, od;t;as na,rop;a;ney
ay,,,, 80. - 80 ~ bst nna.
onS .mTse "1u s,u s nc VS. SoU
nnt tba ho,aottn e 'um oroh u.s.. ,hon ha
n,t ~ az Doyeo.. tit;1 .its ~ 'n oti, e
p "a aao I'M 49,, ~ ~ $50 .ne 90 ~
tr nu 'ee ma my 81. soiie VI sae
nrost. "a ny nau 80 w. 60 S.i ~
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Is',.e cal,leu out cul the cos. u
"' n suuai cry IN ."o III lew hlont',s'
b, py a., lhsans ne. US nave d ooycol''
out nc. vs. 10 II isnt'
snouiu oe slau 70 near from those
WIN are iA'eresteo III lnis pan.
.o Il; y. flhhCE.
oo4 ooutn I"ehty-eignth street.
MORE ABOUT "hat AIS U.s. .
Omaha, Dec. 6.--To the Editor of
The Bee: l noted the letter from
DR.. Merriam labeled THE Retort
Medical" but why medical is not
apparent: as a careful perusal failed
to reveal anything that could be dig
nified by that name.
The doctor evidently labors under
the IMPRESSION IudL L am call, al
though / have voted more than
twenty years, but we will pass that.
There are possibilities in a calf at
that. have seen one develop, in
three or four years, into a 2,00O-pound
bull, valuable in coin of the realm.
For the further enlightment of the
doctor and any others that may wish
to take a poke at me l will say that
am not bovine, but claim kinship
with the pachyderms, or Thick skinned
beasts, and my hide is practically
puncture-proof.
l agree with the doctor that most
people of sedentary habits eat too
much and load the blood with ma
terial for which it has no use and
that most digestive troubles as we'll
as liver troubles are traceable to this
On the other hand, insufficient nour-
ishment is fully as bad, If not worse,
or, what amounts to the same thing,
unsuitable food. Personally am in
clined to attribute the majority of
hereditary weaknesses with which the
Caucasian race is afflicted to the al
most constant wars, with their long
sieges and consequent famines,
through which Europe passed for CEN