GRAMMATICAL ERRORS OF STANDARD AUTHORS(第3页)
"Withouthavihis,wewillbeataloss,iandingseveralpassagesintheclassics。"—Blair'sLectures。
"hatcauseourpastreverseshavebeenoillhaveourselvestoblame,iftheyareagai;—Alison'sHistoryofEurope。
Adverbialmistakesoftenothebestwriters。Theadverbratherisawordveryfrequentlymisplaced。ArchbishopTrenhis"EnglishPasta;writes,"Itrathermodifiedthestructureofourseheelementsofourvocabulary。"Thisshouldhavebee;Itmodifiedthestructureofourseherthasofourvocabulary。"
"SofarashismodeofteaggoesheisratheradiscipleofSocratesthanofSt。PaulorWesley。"
ThuswritesLeslieStephensofDr。Johnson。Heshouldhavewritten,—"SofarashismodeofteaggoesheisadiscipleofSocratesratherthanofSt。PaulorWesley。"
&ionisapartofspeechwhichislyusedbysomeofthebestwriters。ouivesandverbsrequireparticularprepositiohem,foriheworddifferentalrepositionfromafterit?prevailtakesupoo?accordtakeswith,andsoon。
Inthefollolestheprepositiohesesaretheoshouldhavebeenused:
"Hefoudifficulty。"—Hume'sHistland。
"Ifpoliprevailupon(over)force。"—Addison。
"Hemadethedisduh)hisfriends。"—Swift'sTaleofaTub。
"Everyoffiandshouldbeiopersonson(in)whomtheparliamentshallfide。"—Macaulay。
&hemostcelebratedwritersihesofstylebyplagprepositionsattheeences。ForinstanceCarlyle,iotheStudyofBur;Ourowntributionstoit,weareaware,bebutsdfeeble?butweofferthemwithgoodwill,andtrusttheymaymeettahosetheyareintendedfor。"
—"forwhomtheyarei;heshouldhavewritten。
"Mostwritershavesomeoneveinwhichtheypeculiarlyandobviouslyex。"—WilliamMinto。
Thissentenceshouldread,—Mostwritershavesomeoneveininwhichtheypeculiarlyandobviouslyexcel。
Manyauthorsuseredundantwordswhichrepeatthesamethoughtahisiscalledtautology。"Notwithstandingwhich(however)poorPollyembracedthemallaround。"—Dis。
"Ijudgedthattheywould(mutualy)fiher。"—Crockett。
"ashavieda(joiweewopowersintheMoroccoquestion。"—TheTimes。
"Theonlyseioobe)istofranklyaowledgeliesbeyond。"—DailyTelegraph。
"LordRoseberyhasnotbudgedfromhisposition—splendid,nodoubt,—of(lonely)isolation。"—TheTimes。
"MissFoxwas(ofteMrs。Chick。"—Dis。
"Thedeck(it)wastheirfieldoffame。"—Campbell。
"Hehad,aswasly)hiswont,"—Trollope。
TheselorsoftheSultan(ueto)remaiheTimes。
Seriously,(andapartfromjesting),thisisnolightmatter。—Bagehot。
Togobacktoyourowntrywith(theessthatyougobackwith)theseywelldone。—LordHalsbury。
ThePeresvietlostb-topsand(inappearahemostdamagedofalltheships
&imes。
ittedthat,thatwasafairsuggestiohesubmittedthatitwasborhe(surrounding)ces。—Ibid。
Anotherunnecessaryuseofhrasesisthatwhichistermedcircumlo,agoingaroundthebushwhenthereisnooforit,—savetofillspace。
Itmaybelikeoapersonwalkiawosidesletoreachtheobjet。Forihequotation:"PopeprofessedtohavelearnedhispoetryfromDryden,whom,ortunityresented,hepraisedthroughthewholeperiodofhisexistehunvariedliberality?andperhapshischaractermayreeillustration,ofaparisoedbetweenhimandthemanwhosepupilhewas"muchemaybeelimihesehussed:
"PopeprofessedhimselfthepupilofDrydenoopportunity?andhischaractermaybeillustratedbyaparisonwithhismaster。"
"Hislifewasbroughttoa1910atafarfromtheohesacredwriterasthetermofhuma;
Thisiybeput,"Hislifewasbroughttoacloseattheageofseventy?"or,betteryet,"Hediedattheageofseventy。"
"Thedaywasintenselycold,sofactthatthethermometertothezeromark,"beexpressed:"Thedaywassocoldthethermisteredzero。"
Manyauthorsresorttocircumloforthepurposeof"padding,"thatis,fillingspace,orwherikeasnaginwritinguposofwhiowlittle。Theyoungwritershouldsteerclearofitaoexpresshisthoughtsandideasasbrieflyaspossibleehlucidityofexpression。
Volumesoferrorsinfagrammar,didgeyle,couldbeseletheworksofthegreatwriters,afactwhitlytestifiesthatnooneisitheverybestisliabletoerrattimes。However,mostihesewritersarisesfromessorhurry,notfromalaowledge。
Asageisinwritingthatthescholarisliabletoslip?inoralspeechheseldommakesablunder。Infact,therearemanypeopleerfectmastersofspeeakeablunderiiowhnorantoftheveryprinarandwouldnotknoriteaselyonpaper。Sushavebeenainfahelanguagespokelyaheproperwordsandformsbeesaseaturetothem。Alearnwhatisrightaseasyaswhatiswrongandressionsaremadeonthemiisplasticwillremainthere。Evenaparrotbetaughttheproperuseoflaoaparrot。—"Twoandtwomakefour"anditneverwillsay"twoandtwomakesfour。"
Inwritiisdifferent。Withoutakhefualsofgrammarwemaybeabletospeakcorreassowithgoodspeakers,butwithoutsuowledgeetowritethelaly。Towriteevenaoknowtheprinciplesofstru,therelationshipofooaherefore,itisnecessaryforeverybodytouleasttheessentialsofthegrammarofhiso