How to Speak and Write Correctly by Joseph Devlin
page 102 of 188 (54%)
page 102 of 188 (54%)
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39. I don't know where I am (at). 40. I looked in (at) the window. 41. I passed (by) the house. 42. He (always) came every Sunday. 43. Moreover, (also) we wish to say he was in error. 44. It is not long (ago) since he was here. 45. Two men went into the wood (in order) to cut (down) trees. Further examples of redundancy might be multiplied. It is very common in newspaper writing where not alone single words but entire phrases are sometimes brought in, which are unnecessary to the sense or explanation of what is written. GRAMMATICAL ERRORS OF STANDARD AUTHORS Even the best speakers and writers are sometimes caught napping. Many of our standard authors to whom we have been accustomed to look up as infallible have sinned more or less against the fundamental principles of grammar by breaking the rules regarding one or more of the nine parts of speech. In fact some of them have recklessly trespassed against all nine, and still they sit on their pedestals of fame for the admiration of the crowd. Macaulay mistreated the article. He wrote,--"That _a_ historian |
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