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GAGE & COMPANY, TOmONTO AND WINNIPEG. -izil^ the office of .he Minister of Agriculture. iPREFAOE. ,, in Thi8 little book has been issned at the request of many per- BoiiB either engaged, or interested, in tne teaching of English Grammar. The thanks of the Publishers are due to the following gentlemen for their kindness in furnishing material :— Wm. Mo- Bride, M.A., Richmond Hill; 0. J. Page, M.A., Strathroy ; J. E. Dickson, M. A., Newmarket ; H. B. Spotton. M. A., Barrie ; N. J. WeUwood, M.A., Oakville ; H. E. Kennedy, B.A., Trenton ; David Hicks, M. A., Newburgh ; Jno. Houston, B.A., London ; Inspector Knight, Lindsay ; A. W. A. Finlay, B. A., Chatham ; J. D. Bissounette, M.A., Dundaa ; J. "W. Connor, M.A., Berlin ; A. Mcintosh, Brantford ; and J. H. Long, M.A., Walkerton. Besides the examples contributed by these practical teachers, the book contains a great many that have been taken from Lennie, Fleming, Bain, and Goold Brown. The exercises in Part .' sr» accompanied by references to standard g^axaxnaxa, ToEONTO, December, 1883. :«tott^^*^W i'lp!"- ABBBBVIATIONS, M. repreaentg Mason'a English Grammar, New Edition. B. " Bain's Higher English Grammar. Hi *• Eushton's Rales and Cautions. A. " Angns' Handbook of the English Tongue. G. B. - ttoold J3io wii'8 Uittiamw: ot EngliBh Gramman. E»-AuI^T 1. I£x«rclM« !• ARTICLES. con*uK-Jf. ?§ Aeo-m. B.pp.iw-ito. A.iim-m. R-msosn. 1. What kind of a noun is ' river ' 1 2. The secretary and treasurer were men of the highest distinction and greatest probity. 3. He is a better teacher than a poet, and a better scholar than a manager. 4. A word of many syllables is called polysyllable. 6. The psalms abound with many instances of an har- monious arrangement of the words. 6. The oak is harder than elm. 7. Love rules the camp, court, and the grove. 8. The eldest son of a duke is called the ' Marquis.' 9. What kind of a beast is the elephant ? 10. To a strong spirit difficulty is a stimulus and triumph. 11. Both the indicative -and subjunctive mood are found in English. 12. There was a sort of a halo round the sun early this morning. 13. The 3rd and 5th chap*'-^r of St. John are instructive. 14. Council is a noun v/tuch. admits of a singular and plural form. . • 15. Pronouns, as will be seen hereafter, have a distinct nominative, possessive, and objective case. 16. He must be wise enough to know the singular from plural. , . ^ 17. Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee being such an one as Paul the aged. 18. A people that jeopardised their lives even unto the death. 19. By preventing the too great accumulation of seed within a too narrow compass. EXAMPLBS OF FALSR SYNTAX. l£xerclii« 1|, CASB. ConsuU-M. {| SOi, 95.77. B. pp. sit SIS U6 U9. ^■n880,S8S,S8U. R.i%i7^ 1. And there is stamped upoo tlieir imagination* idea* timt followH them with terror and atfrightment. but"hip;:::^tr::e:^^"^' ''-' '-- - — ^^^^y 3. But they overwhelm whosoever is ignorant of them herelast'rer''^'^^^"^^^'""^ ^^ --^-' «'- t^t was com'pan^r"'"' '""'' ''' "^'^™ ^^^^^^"^ ^-^^^ ^^ 6. Wo blamed neither John nor Mary's delay 7. The book was written by Luther the Reformer's order 8 I saw on the table of the saloon Blair's sermons and s^ebody else (I forget who's) sermons, and a .ZTnZt out of tuZ cXr;^* '''''' '^'^ '^ "^^^^ ''-'^' *^ ^-P the Crztf "'" *^' ^'^"^^'^ '^^'"^ ^-S^* -^e by side in 11. It is not meet to take the childrens bread is iis eas™™"" "'" "^^^^ ^^* ^'^ ^^^^-^ o-'B houaa 13. It was him who taught me to hate slavery 14. Whose gray top shall tremble, him descending. ^^15. There .s no doubt that James can write betL than 16. These principles ought to be deeply impressed unn„ the mmds of every American. njpressed upon 17. Impossible! It can't be me. 18. Between you and I, the man is daft. BXAMFLSS OF FALSI SYNTAX. Kxerclse III* ADJECTIVES. ContuU-M. I m-m. B. pp. m-lM. A. 19 600-600. R. (9 180-189. 1. He can be their advocate every assizes and sessions. 2. Two negatives destroy one another. 3. Shakespeare had more genius than any poet. 4. He showed us a more agreeable and easier way. 6. When shall we have such another rector 1 6. Go and tell them boys to be still. 7. Neither of these several interpretations is the true one. 8. But the time usually chosen to send young men abroad is, of all other, that which render^ them incapable of reaping those advantages. 9. George is the taller of the three brothers. 10. In Demosthenes eloquence shone forth with higher splendor than perhaps in any that ever bore the name of orator. 11. The next objection is that those sort of authors ere poor. 12. The world knows only two, that's Rome and I. 13. I distinguish these two things from one another. 14. There were no less than ten errors on one page. 15. Nor did the Duke of Burgundy bring him the smallest assistance. 16. Are there any adjectives which form the degrees of comparison peculiar to themselves ? 17. A dactyl has the first syllable accented and the two latter unaccented. 18. The rose and violet both smell sweetly. 19. He la the chiefest among ten thousand. 8 ' EXAMPLES OF FALSS SYNTAX Excrclne IT. I PBONOUNS. Contult-M. 89 MS-m. B. pp. m-Ml A es /«/ /« » ^^ " *'■'• •^' S9 iai-US8. R. §s 187.986 2. Every one must judge of their own feelings, shoulder "* ^°""" '""' "^* ™^ ^ -'•-h " one*" ^''"° " """" " ""''' ■"""'' ''"'» "8'>'^»'«' ! no, not 6. If ye were of th'e world, the world would love his own panL °" "" """" " " ' ""^ «-- «-<> a-d "om- thi th!;l^vl7""" °' ""■"' '"' "'-'' -'«»■» '"■'« "»"« 8. Carles loves to study, but John, alas I he is very idle. uppt 2"" '''" "^^ """"^^ '"^^ "^-^ "« » an 11. Now this system, so far from having a tendency to make men better, have a manifest tendency to male'Iim theyV:5,;!:ilretr" '°" ""^'' *»" «"" "-*'• -" it tp J™* '^° ^°" ^''*^ '° """"' '"' "• ''^^ "J" y ?'«•«!• 14 Art thou a penitent ? Eviaoe your sincerity by fruits meet for repentance. ' 16. How can you despise her who without thy pity dies ? claims. " " P''"'«"'»"°» ^l'*™ 'hey repeated their J7. They act like so many puppets who are moved by 18. Ho iu.st.uotocl and fed the crowds who surrounded him. km w! "iSHHinjIlp EXAMPLSS OF FALSE SYNTAX. 9 Exercise T* PEONOUNS. (Continued.) Consult— M. 5S k65-m. B. pp. S20-S21. A. 89 m-lt58. R. S9 187-S88. 1. This ia the most useful art which men possess. 2. And he sent Eliakim which was over the household. 3. He was met by a dolphin who sometimes swam before him, and sometimes behind him. 4. Who can ever be easy who is reproached by his own ill-conduct. 5. Authors who ideal in long sentences are apt to be faulty. 6. It is a strong and manly style which should be culti- vated. 7. He is really the person whom he appeared to bo. 8. A butterfly who thought himself an accomplished traveller, happened to alight on a beehive. 9. Such members of the convention who formed this lyceum, as have subscribed to this constitution. 10. Nor docs he describe classes of sinners who do not exist. 11. It was an indication that nature herself had changed its course. 12. The martial spirit of those nations among whom feudal government prevails. 13. In the temper of mind he was then. 14. Tools and utensils are said to be right when they serve for the purpose they are made. 15. Youth may be thoughtful, but it is not very common. 16. When a conjunction is to be supplied, it is called asyndeton. 10 EXAMPLES OF FALSK SYNTAX. Bxerclae VI. PKONouNs. (Continued.) W ^* ^'''' * ""^'""^ *" ^"^^^ ^^^^'^ th«y would not 2. I had no idea but what the stoiy was true. 3. Jolin 18 the person or thou art who is in error aresoundeT^'^''^'^^^"^^*'^^*- ^^^^^ ^^^^ the* vowels deritl"'" '" "'' "^' '" *'^ ^^"^-S« -^-- they are 6. It is too violent an alteration even if any alteration were necessary, which none is. ^ alteration 7. This seems not so allowable in prose which the follow- mg erroneous examples will show 8. The crowd hailed William which was expected. 10 uT^m ",?f V'' '"* ^'^^^ *^"^^^« the needful. trulVtl^r^"^' *° '^'^''^ ^ ^- P-P^e respecting its form;te\^;::telrer^^ ""^^^^^^ '^^^* *<> own'sa'r'' ^"' *'"^^^ ^'^^^^ - -^^^ -elcing for their 14. Neither prelate nor priest can give their flocks any de- cisive evidence that you are lawful pastors 15. If an A:..stotle, a Pythagoras, or a'calileo suffer for their opinions, they are martyrs. it folwsTt!""'' ' '" "'' ''' '^ ^^^^^'^^^ ^^ '^-V because 17. It mav be exp" ""iont to a\vc •• f-™ ■>• i- ., / , t -'-*" "'give o tow uirectiona as to thn .manner it should bo studied. ® 'W^^K&mmm ETAitlTLKS OF FALSE SYNTAX. 11 Szerclao VII. VERBS. Conmlt—M, S§ i81-i99. B. pp. S00-S09, S10-81S. A. S§ 607-653. R. §§ SlH-hOS. 1. Knowing that you was my old master's good fx-iond, I have ventured to call. 2. This extends it no farther than the variation tf the verb extend. 3. Whose goings forth hath been from of old, even from everlasting. 4. Nothing less than murders, rapines, and conflagra- tions, employ their thoughts. 5. Everybody are kind to her and I. 6. There is frequent occasions for commas. 7. There naturally follows from thence these plain and unquestionable consequences. 8. When there is more than one auxiliary. 9. On me to cast those eyes where shine nobility ! 10. Thou who loves us, wilt protect us. 11. As the cattle that goeth before me and the children bo able to endure. 12. Thn ninth book of Livy affords one of the most boiuti- ful examples of historical painting that is anywhere to bo met with. 13. We see plainly that it is neither Osmyn nor Jane Shore that speak. 14. That shepherd who first taughtst the chosen seed. 15. It is in order to propose examples of such perfection as are not to be found in the real examples of society. 16. Thou wast he that leddest out, and broughtest in, Israel. 17. The literal sense of the words are that the action had been done. 18= The r.apidity of his movements were beyond example 19. The mechanism of clocks and watches were totally un- known. 12 KiAMPiia or fAlS* SttllAX. BxvrclDc Tfll. TERES. (Cmtiiitted.) base ^M." "*"" """ '» -' «'»»»%, discover . 4 WhilT'rreaf ™h a" '""■; ■■" "-» "-o <" 'he Wd. any singular. ^" "° P'"'''"' '<>»'»■ have seldom J.i bit';::."' " '^-^ "•** "-'" ^o^er a„d Vi^i, have 7 S'"^°'^''""•''°^'"■•«*""M"l• ness';• ^"' """ °^ "'^■" "-' *"» -«e of p„ity and holi- 8. The quarrels of lovers is a renewal of love half oror """"^^ ^"' ='^''-- " -" a oro.:; W not a ^SLr^^-ifrir '^ '"-"-'• '' -her of ^'^^^XZC^^y^Z' "" ■""'" -"i-'"-. and so.ne ": stt:rdt:::hrL'::rjd"^^"-™'«- ead witness of unnumbered woef ^' ""''™°' *» """'J ' .. iJiere is no ni«n '^^-th « -rv. * ^^ ''--'-hepaid^ltdSirrZf:."^^'- ■^^Sfts ^m^- EXAMPLES OF FALSE SYNTAX. 13 fixrrcisr IX. VERBS. [Contintied.) Conmlt-Hr. ^i iSl-i99. . B. pp. 800-309, SlO-313. A. ^ 507-558. /I. S5 5WW. 1. If thou findest any kernelwort in this meadow, bring it to me. 2. On condition that he comes, I will consent to stay. 3. And so would I, if I was he. 4. Take heed that thou speakest not to Jacob. ^ ' 5. I will go, unless I should be ill. 6. We shall overtake him though he should run. 7. If he was to go, he would attend to your business. 8. And if there be no difference, one of them is super- fluous and ought to be rejected. 9. I cannot say that I admire this construction, though it be much used. 10. Though he were a son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered. 11. If God have required it of him, as is the fact, he has time. 12. Till religion, the pilot of the soul, have lent thee her unfashionable coil. 13. Year after year steal something from us till the decay- ing fabric totter of itself and crumble into dust. 14. It is doubtful whether the object introduced by way of simile refer to what goes before or to what follows. 15. If any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man. 16. Though it enforce not its injunctions, yet it furnishes us with a greater variety. 17. Though a liar speaks the truth, he will hardly be be- lieved. 18. If David, then, call him * Lord,' how is he his son ? ^^^i^f^^m. .14 KXAAIfLBS OF FALSJJ SYNTAX. Exercise X. VBEBs. (Continued.) 4. A great number of errors was found in hi tion. ^ louna in his composi- 6. My people UfooUrf^ they have not kno™ „.. __^^6. Jhe „„»,e, of «=hool disWcte have i™ e^d .i„ee .acrL!r *' ^*"" P^ <" *^- -P«'« was anciently the*ep?bSl ""'"« '■"" P'"^''-^' -a ita funds Of spC™ °"-''^" "' ">- - -' on before the .etu™ 10. The other part, termed fisures of .K„ i . the „ords to be used in their litefa"mea„i^t:*'"' '"^'"'"'' n. Have the legislature power to prohiw; assemblies , 12. The clergy « unanimous in its opinions. i-o. A number of word* I'n +i,^; j- , Teutonic form, and tle^ ote IffL 'f '"''''"-''■» t" *>>e 14. The greater part If X * *"' '"»'»''">'=«• rejected. ^' °' "*''* "«"-'=™n«d word, has been 18. Small as the number of the iV!,.l,:. ^ poverty i. extreme. ■naabitants are, yet their 16. For the people .peaks but does not write rnea^ui-e. ^ ^^^ ^^^ Pronounced against the XXAMPLES OF FALSE SYNTAX. 16 Bxer«l«e XIi * VERBS. (Gvidinutd.) ContuU—M. SS i81-i99. B. pp. S00-S09, SIOSIS. A. §§ 807-658. A. Sl 818-UOt. 1. So much ability and merit are seldom found. 2. The syntax and etymology of the language is thus spread before the learner. 3. To this error is owing in a great measure, that intri- cacy and that harshness in his figurative language, which I before remarked. 4.. How is the gender and number of the relative known? 6. Prudence, and not pomp, are the basis of his fame. 6. Not her beauty, but her talents, attracts attention. 7. Common sense, as well as piety, tell us that these are proper. 8. But it, as well as the lines immediately subsequent, defy translation. 9. Give every word and every number their due weight and force. 10. None but thou, O mighty prince, canst avert the-blow. 11. No law, no restraint, no regulation are required to keep him in bounds. 12. The side A, with the sides B and 0, compose the triangle 13. Affection or interest guide our notions and behaviour in the affairs of life. 14. The aflBinity of M for the B series and of N for the T series, sjive occasion for other extreme changes. 15. To do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God, is duties of universal obligation. 16. 8he heard none of those intimations of her defects which envy, petulance, or angor, produce among children. 16 MAMPLE8 OF FALSE SYNTAX. Kxerciae XII. *^ VBKBs. (Continued.) . a A r„,ty nail or a crooked pf„ rtoot up i„t„ p^digj^ nouJ;»Tc:a:fztrr""^-' ^»"^^'' *--« thing ofli'^r^rf *"'^' ""'''■""" "- P»-'«»'» 13. I and my father were riding out thetiJX'prr"^ Pe«piouo„3„„e a«ai„„».3 o, m In£„Pn,ation ha, been obtains! and .ome trial, n»d- 16. H..ho, beget pride, pride, impatiene.. "' isr.--^^ EXAMPLES OF FALSE SYNTAX. 17 ExercUr XIII. VERBS. (Continued. ) Contuit-3r. a m-m. b. pp. soo-m, siosis. A.^m-sss. a. a si8-t,os. » spirit for a 1. Were you not affrighted and miatook body ? 2. I am not of opinion that such rules can be of mucli use, unless people saw them exemplified. 3. Most prepositions originally denote the relation of place, and have thence been transferred to donote by simili- tude other relations. 4. Neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead. 6. I have seen him last week. 6. Fierce as he moved his silver shafts resound. 7. He affirmed that he will go to-morrow. 8. He hid himself lest he shall be impressed. 9. If you please to employ your thoughts on that subject you would perceive the miserable condition many of us are in' 10. I have formerly talked with you about a military dic- tionary. 11. Many years after this article was written, has appeared the history of dramatic poetry. 12. I would like to have gone with you. 13. It has been discovered many years ago that the earth moves. U. The Empress Catharine sent for the ambassador last week, and desired ho will order for her a bust of Charles Fox 15. I know that family more than twenty years, and they continue to honor me with their friendship all that time * 16. The next New Year's day I shall be at school three years. 17. He studies hard that he might have a well-stored mind. 18. I always intended to have visited him. 18 EXAMI'LES OF FALSE SYNTAX, Bzerdse XIV. VERBS. (Continued.) Consult-M. ii i8U99. B. pp. 800^09. SIO-SIS. A. M 607.658. A « 5W.40f . 1. I Imve known Lords abbreviate almost the half of their words. 2. It has been made appear, that there is no presumption against a revelation. *^ 3. So as neither to embarrass nor weaken the sentence 4. bee thou a hostile world to raise its terrors. 5 The duke had not behaved with that loyalty witl* which he ought to have done. 6. I will not have gained so wide experience as you shall have done. ^ 7. I never have liked his opinions, and I never can . 8. This dedication may serve for any book that has. is or shall be published. ' ..• ^T t"n*^.'* """^ ^' "'^'^ " *^^ ''^«°" «^ 'he thing, and this I shall do. *' 10. Describing a past event as present, has a fine effect in language. 11. Will I assist you in the repairing your fence ? 12. The simply closing the nostrils does not so entirely ore vent resonance. 13. He did not act so gallantly as he was expected to have done. 14. Have all the boys got the question done ? 15. The crew shall be lost unless the life-boat will save them. 16. I bid my servant to do this, and he doeth it. 17. I have not written and I do not intend to do. 18. I dare you plunge in and swim to yonder point EXAMPLES OP FALSE SYMAX, 19 Ezrrcliit! Xlt, * ADVEnBS. Con$ult—>[. i S67. B. pp. seism. A. 8§ 650-568. R. %% IfSMO. 1. Tho positive seoms improperly tO be called a de -'» 1». U,. „■!>,. ■:;; raiu bull, n the just ami uujuat. s=»-A.i^a' II. Kxrrrixf XVIi. 1. ' Will ' in the second and the third porsonii only fore- tell a. 2. Lot each esteem othors bettor than thoiraelves. 3. That was the most unkindost cut of all. 4. Adam gave names to all living creatures. 5. Nor ought an emblem, more than a simile, to be found- ed on a low or familiar object. 6. An adverb is a part of speech joined to a verb, adjec- tive, participle, and sometimes to another adverb, to express the quality or circumstance of it. 7. A preposition is a part of speech used to show the re- lation between other words. 8. The management of the breath requires a good deal of (Sare. 9. When the words 'therefore,' 'accordingly,' 'conse- quently,' are used in connection with other conjunctions they are adverbs. ' 10. Rude nations make little or no allusions to the produc- tions of the arts. 11. Two of her maids knelt on either side of her. 12. That is Ge '«"'«" were 10. The contre of attraction was of course the newsDanop office, each of which were besieged with eager crowds ''" haJ Utited " " "'"* "'™ ''°™' "" '-*'" - lo-K. fromthelulyT ""' ''""^' ""'^^ '""°- ^^ -™"8 Jfncr" ""''° """' '*™™""^ ''''"''"' "'»™""» '<" P"- 14 Hope is as strong an incentive to action as fear this i. the anticipation of good, that of evil 16. You will find the remark in the second or third p,ges 10. Even a rugged ropk or a barren heath, thoullfTn * t.rwhot.'^^^"'"^'''^' ""'"'^"'^ "^ — ' '» t- bi; bolt'rrern— :Lr ' "^ "-• — - 18. He kiiw not what it was to fear 19. Such will ever be the consequences of children associ atmg with vicious companions. 20 T« it. ignorance or carelessness that are the causes of your brother making so many mistakes ? EXAMPLES OF FALSE SYNTAX. OP-, Excrcixc XXI. 1. It is T that is to decide in such matters as this, not you. 2. He supported them whom he thought were true to his party. 3. Good order and not mean sayings produce great profit. 4. Every thought and feeling are opposed to it. 5. Language consists not of single words, no more than a ship consists of trees. 6. We are still at a loss to know who civil power belongs to. 7. By reading good books the mind is impressed. 8. Scarcely any person is so stupid as not to know when they are made fun of. 9. The man who can read and that possesses a taste for reading can always find entertainment at home. 10. It is you not your brother that deserves the credit of originating the scheme. 11. After all you have done no more than it was your duty to have done. 12. The cynic speaks wiser Ihan he is aware of. 13. A young man in Ottawa took creosote for the tooth- ache which nearly poisoned him. 14. The society recently discussed the question " Shall the imiverse be destroyed ?" 15. Softly and mild the mountain breeze Just kissed the lake, just stirred the trees. 16. Suppose I was to say, " Light is a body." 17. This blunder is said actually to have occurred. 18. An example or two are sufficient to illustrate the gen- oral principle. 19. The first revival to which I will refer was on the day of Pentecost. 20. Showing that in many cases the duty on fine goods were only one-half of those on poorer goods. 2r> EXAMPLES OP FALSE SYNTAX 1. The nations not so blessed as thee Must m their turn to tyrants fall.* It is not at for such as us to sit with the rulers of the 2. land. known^^' "^eclmnism of clocks and watches were totally un- 4. There is more than one fashionable doal^r Jn ^u e ture in the west of London who liaSly selk 's S f '"•" ture, a great part of which is new. ^ ""^^ ^"™'" pelled."^" ^^''''"' """'^'"^ °' ^"^^^^"^' *^^« ^^a"« will be ex- 6. This is the greatest error of all the rest 7. They will find it difficult to call a sinl^le man to r« 9. Though he were a son he learned obedience bv fT,« things which he suffered. "i^euitnce Dy the executed.'' '' """" ""^ "'' "^"'^ successful works that ever was 11. He always begins by drawing down his shiacm «^o complete S.teLf'° """' " ""^ """^ "« "-«■>« '» 13. Let us take care how we sin. orltlfbe putiS^^^^ "'^ "'^^ '^^ ^^y ^-^ ^^-* has, oris, eveLStl^^i^Sf^^^* *^^ ^-^ S°«P«^« -e as old or 16. The Prime Minister with the Chancellor of the Et chequer were admitted to an audience with the Queen fl/?'^^ ^""^^ '^"*®'' »^''^"ge^y asserted that liberty exists in that degree as representation and constituency a-ree unl^lfe^^Sf^ehef '" '"'' ''' ^^™ ^^^^ ^^^* ^^^^^P^rit saith Auieric^a!'' ^^^"* ^ ""'^^ ^ *^^ ^"^^^^^ are natives of EXAMPLES OP FALSE SYNTAX. 27 ExerciM<; XXIfll. 1. Do you think there is any chance of me finding him At home ? 2. The army at that time contained more than one officer who had forgotten his oath and allegiance. 3. There are certain miseries in idleness which the idle can only conceive. 4. Parties detaining or knowing of her whereabouts please notify. 6. Doubt not, little though there be, But I'll cast a crumb to thee. 6. This is a part of my uncle's father's estate. 7. Some people are rash, and others timid ; those appre- hend too much, these too little. 8. Hill is one of the few surviving stipendiary magis- trates of the island of which he is a native, and has lived fa it all his life. 9. The stoics taught that all crimes were equaL 10. The year when he died is not mentioned. 11. Friendships which we once hoped and believed would never have gfown cold. 12. It is to the learner only, and he that is in doubt, that this assistance is recommended. 13. The chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down and to take him by force from among them. 14. I have read of a nian who was very rich, but he was very miserly. 15. The laws of Lycurgus but substituted insensibility to enjoyment. 16. There is much of truth in the observation of Ascham Cardell. 17. The Coptic alphabet was one of the latest formefl of any. 18. To perceive nothing or not to perceive, is the same. 19. The King of Franco or England was to be the umpire. ' -'!*'• ^p- ■f'—t ■ ".'ij**,' J "i"awji^'^fjf(i?f. ^*5*v,s5/ 28 EXAMPLBS OF FALSE SYNTAX ExrrcLie XXIV. 1. I am writing in the same room with an itinerant dentist. 2. Every thought and feeling are opposed to it. rofit ^"^^ '''^^^' ^""^ "''*' "''''*" """^'"^^ produce great 4. The cliief magistrate is styled a president. 5. I did that which I intended to have done. 6. In comparing Shakspeare to the other dramatists of his day we compare him with a giant amongst Lilliputians. 7. Few, if any other town in the south of England has a name ending in "by." 8. The consequences to the much more numerous classes remains to be taken into account. ,n If. '^'" "°* ''''"'^ ""*^'* ""^ *^^* y« "^'Sht have life. 10 Who riseth from a feast with that keen appetite that he sits down ? 11. He knew that the affianced pair never would suit one another. 12. For they feared the people lest they should have been stoned. 13. In all examinations bad grammar and worse spellinff disgraces some candidates. 14. This is he which was for to come. 15. He came near being killed more than once. 16. The honoumble gentleman is not only mistaken in his tacts, but also m his inferences. 17. I was sorry I could not get to the meeting. 18. I have no doubt but what you may find some left yet 19. In a few days I will more fully express to you mv views and claims on your suffrages, which I consider equal to any candidate which might offer himself for your approba EXAMPLES OF FALSE SYNTAX. 2<> ExrrciM' XXW 1. * The number of daily pupils, especially in the lower forms, interfere with a larger element of resident boarders, as well aa the present inferior boarding-house accommodsi- tion ; and the high rates paid by boarders, both for tuition fees and board dues, and which, as one of the objects of the Provincial endowment, should be rendered more iiccessiblo to the parents of the pupils throughout the Province, who may desire to avail themselves of the special advantages af- forded by the discipline and other educational iutluences of the college residence. ' 2. He hoped the nienibors of the institution (Orange) would make a note of the fact that our present Prime Minis- ter, who had lately visited the Roman Catholic cathedral in Quebec, and took part in the celebration of High Mass, was one of the most shameful pieces of hypocrisy that was ever perpetrated in any community. 3. You of all other men ought to bo the last to complain. 4. In many of the Muskoka schools the junior classes are as well if not better taught than in some of the older sec- tions in Ontario. 5. A red and a white flag was the only one displayed from the tower. 6. Each of us had more than we wanted. 7. Every leaf, and every twig, and every drop of water, teem with life. 8. No less than thirty-six candidates out of forty-one can- didates succeeded in passing the examination. 9. When all slept sound, save she who bore them both. 10. Johnson's Lives are being re-printed. 11. The Megarean sect was founded by Euclid, not the ma- thematician, and were the happy inventors of the logical syllogism. 12. No one in England knew what tea was two hundred years ago. 30 EXAMPLKS OF FAISK SYNTAX. Kxricixr XXVI. 1. The blessings which political and intollocinal frvaUu liavo brought in their train. 2. Did ever Proteus, Merlin, any witch, Transform themselves so strangely as the rich? 3. A man may see a metaphor or an allegory in a picture, as well as read them in a book. 4. Have either of you seen him ? 5. Whom do men suy that I am ? C. The general with all his soldiers were taken. 7. Sj.eak thou, then, which trespass here; a A pupil come up to the teacher when he was setlinLr there on this seat. 9. I didn't get them deductions. 10. Who would I send it to V 11. I seen it in the book. 12. It was him that was provoked. 13. His teacher tried to learn him Euclid. 14. I knew move about Latiii than you think for. 80 1. again. 2. 3. 4. 5. G. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. £xf>iciMc XXVIf. After they had went a little ways, they returned back I expect it was her as done it. The army only hnd two months' provisions. Between you and I he ain't as wise as he seems. Them boots is too big. Can John and me go for some water? Is William or John the oldest ? He writes pretty good, don't he ? I am as tall as him. You should have came before. You need not put no more wood in. VVhere's them scissors gone to ? She sung very fine. th( vii: Pel oil fatl rec( EXAMl'LICS OF FALSE SYM'Ai. 14. 'Twaa in Trafalgar's bay Wo saw the Fvonohinoii lay. 15. llo that 13 unjust, lot hiui bo unjust still. •M BSxt^rclMi; .VXVail. 1. i}ot\V(!on you and I it was me that done it. r intoadiiil to have written to my father. 3. Sumo discussion arose in regard to whom should be sont. 4. T told him to sot down, and he laid down. 5. Tho tro«)p consist of forty men. (>. Jloraco and you and I am invited. 7. That boy hjvs came very irregular la.st winter. 8. He hasn't got no money. 0, Let the sea roar and the fulness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein. 10. Tho boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but ho had flown. 11. Wondrous tales of future blisa Within this ringing dwells. 12. Joe saw them that high. 13. Arnold sells books cheaper than any store in Farmers- ville. Rxerciao XXIX. 1. Wide spread ruin and suffering has been caused in Pennsylvania among small investors by the collapse of the oil bubble. 2. Th« murder of a king, or a queen, or a bishop, or a father, are only common homicides. 3. Nothing but frivolous amusements please the indolent. 4. Grammar learns us to speak proper. 6. I should not have went if I had not expected to have received compensation. 6. Her dress looks splendidly. 32 EXAMPLES OF FALSE SYNTAX. 7. A purse was lost in the street which contained a large sum of money. 8. That don't make no difference, 0. He is not as tall as his brother. 10. I r law, nor .'uillioiity, nor [)ower, left to protect. • G. Ho was a wonrlorfnl hand to momlize, husband was, especially after ho bei^an to enjoy poor lieiiUIi. 7. I believe that old cow dyeing is agoing to be tUe ruina- tion of us tliis (ioniing winter. 8. If a p(U'son is truthful they iui' not forgot when they aroduad; but if you tell lies wlivu yoii aio dead, you are forg(jt. 0. O.Bsar, as well as Cicero, were c lebrated for their eloquencn. 10. Farther than this I shall not go. 11. The Assyrian is an elder dynasty than the Persian. 12. This winter was not as severe as it was expected to have been. F.xciciHe XXXI!. 1. The business would nob suit any one who enjfiys bad health. 2. I expect you had a good time yesterday. 3. "That is all ri-.dit," says I. 4. An olHcer on European and on Indian service are in very diiierent situations. 5. He was a good archer and his bow few even but he could bend. 6. The Jacobite party were never strong enough to raise in arms during this reign. 7. We know of no c'itference, either political, social, or moral. 8. Is there anything difcreditable in a clergynum being tempted away to the U. S. ? 9. Washington's army was increased to 27,000 by new levies of militiri who were not voiy good soldiers. 10. Tostig went to Harold and begged him to try and con- quer England. 34 EXAMPLES OF PAME SVNTAJC. IJ. An epoch cpeiiH, tlieroforo, durk and gloomily. 12 fho blc.s8injj8 that political and intollootual froodoni huvo brought in tlioir truin. "oluomi 13. T'vo younu' .nen havo discovered that there was a God 14. And now tlic year, a n.nnerous train have ran. Iho blooming boy lias rii)oned into man. I3xuicU« XXXIIf, 1. But their general, St. R„th, got killed by a .shot fear ' '^'' Northumberland had no one whom he' need 3. Adam, the goodliest man of men since born, The fairest of her daughters, Eve, 4. The saint, the father, and the husband pr.y., ^ 5. " Ph " have the Sound of -f " in 'Philosophy • o. Are you sure of it being him ? 7. No less than 50,000 copies have been sold. 8. Whom do you think is her ? crime ?^^^"'^ "^ ^' "''^'' ^" "'"''"'' '" '''^''''" '"^"'« '"ortol 10. We sorrow not as tliem that have no hope 11. Let none of you imagine evil in your hJarts against your neighbors. o'*'"""' Ita^ly ^"' '^'"'''*' '' ""'^ "*' ^'"^^"'^ ""' "'"'" °^ ^^"'^"^'^ ^^'d 13. Lot the same be she that thou hath appointed 14. It loves to break the chains from other's limbs by which It disdains to have its own enfettered. y 15. The boat pushed off to the shore but speedily returned with a dying man, which the Chinese had placed in the boat who, they affirmed, had been mortally wounded. Elxerclse XXXIV. 1. A lampoon or a satire does not carry in them robbe-v or muiUer. " ' ft'} I ->»">*1«S1S«>WI»!!EW^ jtea*V^ KXAMPr.K.S OF FALSE SYNTAX. 35 2. Tliirt orifiifi is one cf tho mont singular vvliiih ImH ever oocunutl. ^ ii. J liiiisliod my Ichkous boforo my brotlufr como. 4. A nuuiber of puoins, printed as pro3o, has been iutro- tlucoJ into tho vohnno. 5. lUih I saw neither ho or tho nurse, for I never oponed my eyes. ('». The Egyptian killed number at least 2,000, and there i.s probably as uiaiiy \Ui woiiinled. 7. Any one of the roads will take you to town. 8. Carthage was demolished to the ground, so that we are unable to Kay where it stood at this day. J). Tho buyer, us well as the seller, render themsolvos liable. 10. They are ind<>pendcnt on one auother. 11. This geiitlenuin's dog has killed more hares than any ttther 8[»ort8man. 12. Neither men nor money wave wanting. l;5. The.'^e two boys are both brothers. 14. Ife only read the book but not the letter. 15. With Riieh books it will ahvays be ditheu^ to learn children to read. Kxereifio XXX Vt 1. Parliament is setting: it will pass the law: in fact they are now voting on it. 2. Those are the finest apples I have over saw here ; but I saw some in Toronto finer than here. 3. Whom shall I say took the book i Frank, or Henry, or her ? 4. No one can do better than by going to White & Co.'s and attend their sale, for their goods are cheaper than any store in town. 6. Frank has neither sold the horse nor wagon. 6. It is far different to what I expected. 7. Will you be after wanting anything else f ..•«cj(«IB|*W4?»i^-t-. ■>««\;..i£ «fl^t«#'*<» 3(i EXAMPLES OF PALKE SYNTAX. formation! ^''^ ''^ ^"*^''''' """"^ *^''' """'^^ '""^"^^ ''''^''^ '"■ 9. He is John's, William's, aad Carrie's uncle. 10. It IS a sort of a fine day. 11. I met that there man agoing liome 14. Members of the dub and ladies only adn.itted. liabt tobT^S:"" " """ ""^ "' "'^ '^"-"™' - "- exercise XXX O. 1. I have been setting here an hour watching, the snn m- while you have been lying down and sleeping. ^ 2. That matter has been settled many ye^irs n^o 3. They made mutual concessions to each other 4. Whenever I call, you are ahvays out. 5. It was the universal opinion of all that he was inanity 6. Merely money alone will not make one happy ^ 7. It will tend cu the abolition of landlordism and pros- perity in Ireland. ^ 8. Those kind of books are a disgrace to their author J. If you was to come I shall be much gratified 10. Sanitary measures were adopted to improve 'the Sana, tory condition of the city. 11. As "knowing" is the word governed by "without" and not "him," the Pronoun, being in the attributive rela- tion, should be m the Possessive case. 12. He don't understand his business. 13. His hair had grown gray without him knowin.. it 14. Each of them shall be rewarded in their tuiii.° Kxercise XXXVU. 1. Neither Napoleon nor Wellington knew of what had occurred last night. EXAMPLES OF FALSE SYNTAX 37 2. He was resolved of going to the Persian Court. 3. Books, not pleasure, occupies his mind. ^ 4. Neither James nor I has had a letter this woelc. 5. He is bolder, but not so wise, as his companion. 6. Their intentions ini«,^ht and probably were good. 7. This book is preferable and cheaper than the other. 8. What avails good intentions with a bad life '^ 9. There we saw some fellows digging gold from China. 10. Here are rules by observing of which you might avoid error. 11. You were the cause of me being dismissed. 12. Can you tell me where I'd be liable to get some beans 1 13. The superior richness of its gold fields have since main- tained it at the head of the group. 14. The Principal with his staff were in town yesterday. 15. How far did you say it was from Clinton to Seaf orth ? Cxtiicise XIlXVIII. 1. The opinion seems to gain ground among everybody. 2. Each of the senses keep within their particular bounds. 3. Nobody but a fool would have left their money laying there. 4. Our fancy to speak of books and their authors have led us aside. 5. Who, instead of going about doing good, they are per- petually intent on doing evil. 6. They will never believe but what I have been entirely to blame. 7. The persona who you dispute with are precisely of your opinion. 8. Every town and village were burned. 9. What is the reason of this person dismissing his ser- vants so hastily ? 10, He was sent to prepare the way by preaching of re- pentance. vMf.^SWSag^ii Wm 38 EXAMPLES OP FALSE SYNTAX. 11. I did not speak yesterday as well as I wished to have aone. 12. I do likewise dissent with the examiner. 13. That is the boy whom we think deserve the price. 14. There was a blot on the first or the second pages. Exercise XXXIX, 1. Neither romantic fancy, nor extreme pathos, nor sub- limity of the very first order, are discoverable in Pope. 2. Virtuous efi-ort, and not depraved genius, win the prize. 3. In that transaction their safety and welfare is most concerned. 4 When a person begins to talk like that, they ought to be ashamed of themselves. 5. As the patient was attacked by lockjaw he only could be fed by spoonsful. 6. Most all idle people finds employment in mindin<. other men's business. ^ 7. In the proper disposition of adverbs the ear carefully requires to be consulted. • 8. Joseph, the son of Jacob, who was governor of E-^ypf was prime minister of Pharaoh. ' 9. The court, who gives currency to manners, ought to be exemplary. 10. Much buffalo is seen on the C. P. R. 11. Whenever I try and improve I always find I can do it 12. Those three lived a life of single blessuduess and died the same. Kxercise XIi, 1. The son of Anthony Trollope is to publish his anto- biogi-aphy which he left. ' 2. These books cannot be written by Moses, because they •are wrote in the third person. "^^mmm^m^*^ EXAMriES OF FALSE SYNTAX. .10 3. But. you have done them all the harm you could, and tliat without provocation. v 4. As the ship struck, they resigned themselves to sud- den despair, each one seeldng their own safety as best they might. 5. Neither riches nor honor nor no such short-lived good satisfy the soul.- 6. My days are in the yellow leaf, The flower and fruit of life is gone, The worm, the cankei", and the grief, Is mine alone. 7. There is no language so poor but it has two or three tenses. 8. Of the two, Emerson shows with the sweetest temper and the largest mental healthfulness. 9. The first nine years give us sixty-nine ; the remaining thirty only brings the total up to one hundred and sixty- three. 10. We expected that we should have arrived earlier. 11. Whether I will get credit or not I feel that I have done my duty to the public. 12. Considerable interest is aroused by Wiggins' prophecy, though there is no appearance of its approach. 13. I fear me that I paid too warm attentions to the young soap-boiler's daughter. 14. On the non-commissioned list there were no ironclads of the first or scarcely of the second class. « Exercise XLI. 1. Afterwards the government having perceived that the judges are rather well disposed than otherwise towards po- litical oflenders, they were tried before packed courts. 2. He learns to hate the section of society to which his humiliation belongs, and prove hia hatred by new offences against it. • mmm^m^^m?, 40 EXAMPLES OF FALSE SYNTAX. 3. That beautiful school-house among those neat white cottages that cluster round the royal property has be-u built by the Queen : that lady you may see any day payin