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HOW TO SPEAK AND WRITE CORRECTLY by JOSEPH DEVLIN, M.A. CHAPTER VII Page 2: ERRORS “In every well formed mind this second desire seems to be the strongest of the two.”—Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments. In these examples the superlative is wrongly used for the comparative. When only two objects are compared the comparative form … Read more

HOW TO SPEAK AND WRITE CORRECTLY by JOSEPH DEVLIN, M.A. CHAPTER VIII Page 1: PITFALLS TO AVOID Common Stumbling Blocks Peculiar Constructions Misused Forms. ATTRACTION Very often the verb is separated from its real nominative or subject by several intervening words and in such cases one is liable to make the verb agree with the … Read more

HOW TO SPEAK AND WRITE CORRECTLY by JOSEPH DEVLIN, M.A. CHAPTER VIII Page 2: PITFALLS TO AVOID ALONE is another word which creates ambiguity and alters meaning. If we substitute it for only in the preceding example the meaning of the sentence will depend upon the arrangement. Thus “I alone struck him at that time” … Read more