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Enquire within upon everything
·
Robert Kemp Philp
146
246.
Instead
of
"He
must
not
do
it."
say
"He
need
not
do
it."
247.
Instead
of
"She
said,
says
she,"
say
"She
said."
248.
Avoid
such
phrases
as
"I
said,
says
I,"
"Thinks
I
to
myself,
thinks
I,"
&c.
249.
Instead
of
"I
don't
think
so,"
say
"I
think
not."
250.
Instead
of
"He
was
in
eminent
danger,"
say
"He
was
in
imminent
danger."
251.
Instead
of
"The
weather
is
hot,"
say
"The
weather
is
very
warm."
252.
Instead
of
"I
sweat,"
say
"I
perspire."
253.
Instead
of
"I
only
want
two
shillings,"
say
"I
want
only
two
shillings."
254.
Instead
of
"Whatsomever,"
always
take
care
to
say
"Whatever,"
or
"Whatsoever."
255.
Avoid
such
exclamations
as
"God
bless
me!"
"God
deliver
me!"
"By
God!"
"By
Gor'!"
"My
Lor'!"
"Upon
my
soul,"
&c.,
which
are
vulgar
on
the
one
hand,
and
savour
of
impiety
on
the
other,
for:
256.
"Thou
shalt
not
take
the
name
of
the
Lord
thy
God
in
vain."
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