grammar" or "false syntax": as, "She invited Mrs. Roe and _I_ to go
driving with her." "Solecism" is derived from _Soli_, the name of a Greek
tribe who lived in Cilicia and spoke bad Greek.

SLANG is a general name for current, vulgar, unauthorized language. It may
take the form of barbarism, impropriety, or solecism.

A COLLOQUIALISM is an expression peculiar to familiar conversation.

A VULGARISM is an expression peculiar to vulgar or ignorant people.

[2] This and the two following incidents are from the writer's own
observation.
[3] A.S. Hill: Foundations of Rhetoric, p. 28.
[4] Ibid., p. 20.
[5] Barrett Wendell: English Composition, p. 21.
[6] A.S. Hill: Principles of Rhetoric, revised edition, p. 16.


EXERCISE I.

1. Make a list of the provincial expressions you can think of, and give
their equivalents in national English.
2. Make a list of the slang or vulgar expressions you can think of, and
give their equivalents in reputable English.
3. Make a list of the words, forms, and phrases not in present use which
you can find in the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, authorized
version, and give their equivalents in modern English.