234. He said as how you was to do it; say, he said that you were to do it.
235. Never say, "I acquiesce with you;" but, "I acquiesce in your proposal, in your opinion," &c.
236. He is a distinguished antiquarian; say, antiquary. Antiquarian is an adjective; antiquary, a noun.
237. In Goldsmith's "History of England" we find the following extraordinary sentence in one of the chapters on the reign of Queen Elizabeth:—"This" that supplied the family with ale through a chink in the wall of her apartment." A queer brewer that,—to supply his ale through a chink in the wall! How easy the alteration to make the passage clear! "This they effected by conveying their letters to her through a chink in the wall of her apartment, by means of a brewer that supplied the family with ale."
238. Lavater wrote on Physiognomy; in the last word sound the g distinctly, as g is always pronounced before n when it is not in the same syllable; as, indignity, &c.
239. She is a very clever girl; pronounce girl as if written gerl; never say gal, which is very vulgar.
240. He built a large granary; pronounce granary so as to rhyme with tannery, never call the word grainary.
241. Beware of using Oh! and O indiscriminately; Oh! is used to express the emotion of pain, sorrow, or surprise; as, "Oh! the exceeding grace of God, who loves his creatures so." O is used to express wishing, exclamation, or a direct address to a person; as,
"O mother, will the God above,
Forgive my faults like thee?"
242. Some writers make a distinction between farther and further; they are, in fact, the very same word. Further, however, is less used than farther, though it is the genuine form.