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&hebestspeakersandwritersaresometimesapping.Manyofourstandardauthorstowhomwehavebeenaedtolookupasinfalliblehavesinnedmainstthefualprinarbybreakingtherulesregardingohesofspeefahaverecklesslytrespassedagainstallilltheysitoalsoffamefortheadmirationoftheacaulaymistreatedthearticle.Hewrote,—"Thatahistorianshouldriflesisperfectlytrue."Heshouldhaveusedan.
Disalsousedthearticorrectly.Herefersto"Robinso;as"anuniversallypopularbook,"insteadofauniversallypopularbook.
&ioweennounsandpronounshasalwaysbeenastumblingblocktospeakersandwriters.HallamiureofEuropewrites,"hadexhibitedthestruankidneys,Vesaliushavihemindogs."ThismeansthatVesaliusexaminedhumankidneysindogs.Thesentenceshouldhavebeen,"Noonehadasyetexhibitedthekidneysinhumanbeings,Vesaliushavingexaminedsusindogsonly."
SirArthurHelpsinwritingofDis,states—"Ikherauthorofhiswhoreceivedsuchcriti(Dis)verylatelya."Ithewordshouldbethemtoagreewithcriticisms.
Hereareafewotherpronominalerrorsfromleadingauthors:
"SirTheneralsowritesit,althoughnotmaeashi"Shouldbehe.—Trench'sEnglishPasta.
"Whatshouldwegainbyitbutthatweshouldspeedilybeeaspoorasthe"Shouldbethey.—Alison'sEssayonMacaulay.
"IfthekinggivesusleaveyouorImayaslawfullypreach,asthemthatdo."Shouldbetheyorthose,thelatterhavingpersoood.—Hobbes'sHistoryofCivil>
"ThedriftofallhissermonsreparetheJewsforthereofaprophet,mightierthanhim,andwhoseshoeshewasnotworthytobear."Shouldbethaerbury'sSermons.
"Phalaris,whowassomucholdertha;Shouldbeshe.—Bentley'sDissertationonPhalaris.
"KingCharles,ahanhim,thedukeandthePopishfawereatlibertytoform;Shouldbethanhe.—Bolingbroke'sDissertationsonParties.
"Wetributedathirdmorethach,whedtothesameproportiohanus."Shouldbetha'sductoftheAllies.
Inalltheaboveexamplestheobjectivecasesofthepronounshavebeehestruinativecases.
"Letthouary"—Anon.
&hegverbandrequiresaivecaseafterit?thereforeihouandI,thewordsshouldbeyou(sing.)andme.
"Foreverinthishumblecell,LettheeandI,myfairo;—Prior.
&heeandIshouldbetheobjee.
&herelativeprreatesthors.
&heBiblewefiivewronglytranslated:
WhomdomensaythatIam?—St.Matthew.
WhomthiIam?—ActsoftheApostles.
Whoshouldbewritteninbothcasesbecausethewordisivegovernedbysayorthink,butiivedepeheverba
"WhoshouldImeetatthecoffeehousetheht,butmyoldfriend?"—Steele.
"Itisaernofthisanswer,togiveushintsthattheauthorisdead,ahesuspiebody,Iknownotwho,iry."—Swift'sTaleofaTub.
"MysonisgoingtobemarriedtoIdon'tknowwho."—Goldsmith'sGoodnaturedMan.
&ivewhointheaboveexamplesshouldbetheobje.
Thepluralhepronounthouisveryofteheobjectiveyou,asinthefolowing:"Hisilloroyyeboth."—Milton.
"Themoreshameforye?holymenIthoughtye."—Shakespeare.
"Ifeelthegalesthatfromyeblow."—Gray.
"Tyrantsdreadye,lestyourjustdesferthepowerahepeoplefree."—Prior.
Malayedhavocwiththeadjetheindisateuseofthedegreesofparison.
"Oftwoformsofthesameword,usethefittest."—Morell.
&horhereintryingtogivegoodadvicesetsabadexample.Heshouldhaveusedtheparativedegree,"Fitter."
&ivesarativeorsuperlativesignifiittheadditionofthewordsmore,most,orthetermi,hehefollolesbreakthisrule:
"Mouniversaliofhuma;—Gibbon'sDedFall.
"ThechiefestofnbythenameofArongtheGres."—Dryden'sLifeofPlutarch.
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