GRAMMATICAL ERRORS OF STANDARD AUTHORS(第2页)
&wochiefestpropertiesravityaicforce,havebeendiscoveredbymeicalexperiments。—Arbuthno
"Fromthesevariouscauses,whigreaterree,affectedeveryindividualinthey,theindignationofthepeoplebeeral。"—Robertson'sHistoryofAmerica。
"Theextremestpartsoftheearthweremeditatingasubmission。"—Atterbury'sSermons。
"Thelastareindeedmorepreferablebecausetheyarefoundedonsomenewknowledgeorimprovementinthemindofman。"—Addisoor。
"Thiswasiheeasiestmahetwo。"—Shaftesbury'sAdviAuthor。
"Ineverywellformedmindthisseddesireseemstobethestrohetwo。"—Smith'sTheoryofMoralSes。
Ihesuperlativeiswroheparative。Whenonlytwoobjeparedtheparativeformmustbeused。
Ofimpossibilitytherearenodegreesofparisohefollowing:
"Asitossibletheyshouldkhoughtsaionsofallmen,soitwasmoreimpossibletheyshouldpassjudgmentonthemagtothesethings。"—Whitby'syoftheReligion。
&horsemployadjectivesforadverbs。Thuswefind:
"Ishalleolivehereaftersuitabletoamaninmystation。"—Addison。"Ieverthinksoverymeanofhim。"—Bentley'sDissertationonPhalaris。
"Hisexpesrunhighaosupplythemisextremescaster'sEssayonDelicacy。
Theoheuseoftheverbisthedisregardofthecordbetweessubjeostfrequehesubjedtheverbarewidelyseparated,especiallyifsomeothernounofadifferentnumberimmediatelyprecedestheverb。Falsecordsoccurveryofteher,or,her,nor,andmuany,everyone,each。
Hereareafewauthors'slips:—
"Thetermsinwhichthesaleofapatentwereuhepublic。"—Junius'sLetters。
"Therisandapparelwerespicuous。"—Gibbon'sDedFall。
"Everyohisgrotesquefamilywerethecreaturesofnationalgenius。"—D'Israeli。
"Heknoleen,languororlistless;—Blair'sSermons。
"Eachofthesewordsimply,somepursuitorobjequished。"—Ibid。
"Magnus,withfourthousandofhissupposedapliceswereputtodeath。"—Gibbon。
"Nonatioerethaatthesametimenonearesoinjuditheappli。"—Goldsmith。
"There'stwoorthreeofushavesees。"—Shakespeare。
&participleshouldhepasttehelearnedByrohisfact。Hethuswritesiasso:—
"Andwithmyyearsmysoulbeguntopantwithfeelingsetumultandsoftpain。"
&herexamplefromSavage'sWandererinwhichthereisdoublesinning:
"Fromlibertyeaoblersg,ABabrighten'dandaSpensersung。"
Otherbrearegardtotheparticiplesothefollowing:—
"Everybookoughttobereadwiththesamespiritandinthesamemaiswrit"—Fielding'sTomJones。
"TheCustushadhemaherepublie'sEssays。
"Mosestellsusthatthefountaihwerebrokeopenorder。"—Bur。
"Afreestitutiohasbeenshookbytheiniquityofformeradministrations。"—Bolingbroke。
"Iheseedsoffuturedivisionsweresowedabundantly。"—Ibid。
Inthefollolethepresentparticipleisusedfortheinfinitivemood:
"Itiseasydistinguishingtherudefragmentofarothespliatue。"—Gilfillan'sLiteraryPortraits。
Distinguishinghereshouldbereplacedbytodistinguish。
Therulesregardingshallandwillareviolatedinthefollowing:
"Ifwelookwithintheroughandawkwardoutside,wewillberichlyrewardedbyitsperusal。"—Gilfillan'sLiteraryPortraits。
"IfIshoulddeclarethemahem,theyshouldbemorethanIamabletoexpress。"—PrayerBookRevisionofPsalmsXI。
"IfIwoulddeclarethemahem,theyaremorethanumbered。"—Ibid。