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--Bolingbrokes_Dissertations on Parties_. I thought I should_catch_ the bird,
not I thought I should _have caught_ the bird.
_To have_ really _loved_ is
betterthan not _to have_ at all _loved_.
FURTHER--FARTHER_Further_ is commonly
used to denote quantity, _farther_ to denotedistance. It is correct to say I
shall get a _summons_ for him, not a _summon_. _Every_ man in the regiment
displayed bravery.
Everyone of this grotesque family _were_ the creatures of
nationalgenius.
The _chiefest_ of which was known by the name of Archon among
theGrecians. Here the construction is broken at _than_.
--Two and two _make_
four and it never will say two and two_makes_ four.
They appeared to be talking
(together) on private affairs.
--for whom they are intended, he should have
written. I judged that they would (mutually) find each other. Dickens also used
the article incorrectly. (Should be _prevails_ to agree with amount. If I
_would_ declare them and speak of them, they are more than canbe numbered. He
knows not what spleen, languor or listlessness _are_. Reynolds regrets that his
duties render it impossible for him to accept Mr.
Jones andSmith quarreled;
they struck each other is correct. --Whitbys _Necessity of the
ChristianReligion_. For instance: His Excellency, Charles E.
Often it is
advisable to supply such words as will make themeaning obvious.
Probably it is
the most indiscriminately used word in thelanguage. They appeared to be talking
(together) on private affairs. --Bolingbrokes_Dissertations on Parties_. We
should say Iexpected to _meet him_, not I expected _to have met him_.
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