Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES OF FAULTY ENGLISH For Discussion and Correction Each was to within one year of the date when they were fighting in the forest near Athens collect one hundred knights. Shakespeare could have straightened out the weak points. Such fun to hear the wind rush by as you drop down, and then the shower of snow that flies up as you reach the bottom. Up and down the coast for miles we go. Sailing when there is wind or paddling when it is calm. A sentence is a group of words with a verb and which makes sense. Flintwinch was her business partner, although the lady was its real head. The active voice is better where it can be used. Especially in useing the names of cities. A well inclined young man, and whose good-breeding is founded on principles of nature and virtue, must needs take delight in being agreeable to his elders. Any one anticipating having plans gotten out, buildings overhauled or repaired, we would be glad to have you call or write us. At fifteen I was sent to the University and staid there for some time; but a drum passing by, being a lover of music, I enlisted myself for a soldier. Although near to Yale, there are reasons why a large university is not desirable. When three years old we moved from the farm to New York. The Earl had refused at the outset to help the poor leper, thus refusing to do what Christ had commanded to be done. By giving my family names you would be none the wiser. This year was the most enjoyable of any of the preceding years. It seems that Silas was subject to a decease. Unity is that quality of a sentence which makes the reader feel that the sentence is a unit. To do this you should keep to the same thought throughout the entire sentence. During my summer vacations I have always worked...
