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GRAMMATICAL ERRORS OF STANDARD AUTHORS(第1页)

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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,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。

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