GRAMMATICAL ERRORS OF STANDARD AUTHORS（第1页）
GRAMMATICALERRORSOFSTANDARDAUTHORS
&hebestspeakersandwritersaresometimesapping。Manyofourstandardauthorstowhomwehavebeenaedtolookupasinfalliblehavesinnedmainstthefualprinarbybreakingtherulesregardingohesofspeefahaverecklesslytrespassedagainstallilltheysitoalsoffamefortheadmirationoftheacaulaymistreatedthearticle。Hewrote，—"Thatahistorianshouldriflesisperfectlytrue。"Heshouldhaveusedan。
Disalsousedthearticorrectly。Herefersto"Robinso;as"anuniversallypopularbook，"insteadofauniversallypopularbook。
&ioweennounsandpronounshasalwaysbeenastumblingblocktospeakersandwriters。HallamiureofEuropewrites，"hadexhibitedthestruankidneys，Vesaliushavihemindogs。"ThismeansthatVesaliusexaminedhumankidneysindogs。Thesentenceshouldhavebeen，"Noonehadasyetexhibitedthekidneysinhumanbeings，Vesaliushavingexaminedsusindogsonly。"
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Hereareafewotherpronominalerrorsfromleadingauthors:
"SirTheneralsowritesit，althoughnotmaeashim。"Shouldbehe。—Trench'sEnglishPasta。
"Whatshouldwegainbyitbutthatweshouldspeedilybeeaspoorasthem。"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，butiivedepeheverbam。
"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。
"Thechiefestaareremovedtaziheycalllibraries。"—Swift'sBattleoftheBooks。