Some Common Errors of Speech Suggestions for the Avoiding of Certain Classes of Errors, Together Gether With Examples of Bad and of Good Usage (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Some Common Errors of Speech Suggestions for the Avoiding of Certain Classes of Errors, Together Gether With Examples of Bad and of Good UsageBoth the bad forms and the corresponding good ones have been illustrated, when this was practicable, by examples. For obvious rea sons, I have generally, in the former instances, withheld the names of the authors, but I am able, if required, to present evidence that the passages in question are actually in print, and have been offered in good faith. They are taken, in part from standard literature, and in part from the newspapers and magazines of the day. That the daily papers should yield the most abundant examples of faulty diction is not surprising, when we consider the pres sure under which the work of their writers and editors is done, what has surprised me more is the generally good character of our news.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.