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...additional instruction in the proper use of their own language will be disposed to grumble because the course will not count towards a degree. Yet, when the few hours' work required is past, and a man finds that to his great surprise he can remember to use a plural verb with a plural subject the actual effort will be forgotten. One of the greatest assets for a young man entering business is the ability to write letters in a clear, simple style without unnecessary words and phrases. Therefore this course should be regarded as a temporary hospital for men disabled...
...with the eternal tendency of all pupils, exaggerate the master's distinctive virtues into vices, and as they skim lightly over the surface of their subject, touching it only here and there, become obscure and ludicrous. Second, you must never leave a noun without an effective adjective, or a verb without a striking adverb. It is Stevenson who by his example advocates this part of the recipe; and thus "The Heritage" has the fire burning "sulkily in the close, dismantled library" and the hero's face "fresh, young, and ruddy from his gray ride over the boggy roads...
...MODERN LANGUAGE CONFERENCE. "The Paradigm of the Romance Verb." Mr. E. H. Wilkins. "The Beginnings of Byronism in Spain." Dr. P. H. Churchman, of Clark College. Common Room, Conant Hall...
...MODERN LANGUAGE CONFERENCE. "The Paradigm of the Romance Verb." Mr. E. H. Wilkins. "The Beginnings of Byronism in Spain." Dr. P. H. Churchman, of Clark College. Common Room, Conant Hall...
...acknowledge that, in the past; courses in Greek and in Roman literature have been sacrificed to men who intended to teach. Interest has been centred not on thought or method of expression, but on classification of verb forms or irregularities of syntax. A knowledge of the latter is no doubt necessary for appreciation: we must note the peculiar subjunctive or optative to get the peculiar shade of meaning; but we do not gain anything by regarding the peculiar form as a curiosity to be catalogued, as the entomologist catalogues a rare insect. Greek and Latin are not word-puzzles...