Enquire within upon everything

Robert Kemp Philp · 1894 · 1000 pages

Enquire within upon everything

Robert Kemp Philp132

22. Instead of "After which hour," say "After that hour." 23. Self should never be added to his, their, mine, or thine. 24. Each is used to denote every individual of a number. 25. Every denotes all the individuals of a number. 26. Either and or denote an alternative: "I will take either road, at your pleasure;" "I will take this or that." 27. Neither means not either; and nor means not the other. 28. Either is sometimes used for each--"Two thieves were crucified, on either side one." 29. "Let each esteem others as good as themselves," should be, "Let each esteem others as good as himself." 30. "There are bodies each of which are so small," should be, "each of which is so small." 31. Do not use double superlatives, such as most straightest, most highest, most finest. 32. The term worser has gone out of use; but lesser is still retained. 33. The use of such words as chiefest, extremest, &c., has become obsolete, because they do not give any superior force to the meanings of the primary words, chief, extreme, &c. 34. Such expressions as more impossible, more indispensable, more universal, more uncontrollable, more unlimited, &c., are objectionable, as they really enfeeble the meaning which it is the object of the speaker or writer to strengthen. For instance, impossible gains no strength by rendering it more impossible. This class of error is common with persons who say, "A great large house," "A great big animal," "A little small foot," "A tiny little hand."

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