| Show common errors corrected we have in this and our last number printed a chapter devoted to the correction 0 01 common errors in the use uee of the english language which we have extracted from how to talk A pocket manual of conversation and debating published by fowler fowier wells new york our mother tongue says how to talk nhe the strow copious flexible anglo saxon is our richest inheritance we have reason to be proud of and ought tn to labor with the great assiduity to perfect ourselves in its use the blunders so commonly made by those who claim the En eilish english lish as their mother tongue are graphically i illustrated throughout this ibis chapter and we may say that the corrections given as well as the pron are ac cording to the authority of our best lesico lexicon rap raphers berg bers the population of this territory is made up tip of people from all the different states of the union north south eest elst arid and west as also from canada 1 tile the british isles france germany norway sweden denmark italy switzerland also from asia africa south america and the islands of the sea we have here bete the yankee who ho greets greefs gree as his western squatter sovereign neighbor with cheow deu yeu yea deu while the squatter replies to the inquiry in his bis own peculiar style of expression the southerner with his african accent the and his bis dialect the cockney the Wels weis welshman hinan binan the Iri irl irishman shiman the Scot scotchman ebman the dutchman the dane the frenchman and indeed a smattering of almost every tongue that 1 wag was I as spoken after the confounding of lati iati languages bages at babel tower and perhaps some that were not and unless some SOM e standard of pronunciation and the tise use of words is generally adopted our children will grow up riot not alone in great ignorance of the english language in its purity but also with the acquisition of a dialect as distinct from correct english as are many of the more obscure dialects in ome of the shires of england n blit but it may be sugg bugg sed ged our schools will be a means of effect effectually nally preventing 0 any serious deviation from the pire pure Eti etl english glist trie the influence of well weil dis schools may go far in securing to the rising 7 generation a correct I 1 kno kho knowledge ledge of the english they tiley would be still more potent if the teachers themselves were invariably men possessed of i a thorough and practical under understating stai ding of the english as used and pronounced by the best authorities but blit such is not alaya the case we have known instances wherein the teacher of a school being a borei foreigner ner whatever may have been hi hig other excellent qualifications was himself unable to pronounce the language cornec corrects fly an important desideratum for as will at once be perceived if the teacher is f aulty faulty in this respect the pupils cannot reasonably be expected to receil a just jast conception of the language they will of course imitate the diction of the teacher but aside from this cons consideration id aeration which A h ich is of some serious import were all our school I 1 teachers thoroughly versed in the orthography etymology syntax and prosody of the english language the overwhelming it fluence of bad pronoun pron clation and the use of vulgarisms ms by parents would render the efforts of those teaches nearly or quite abortive it will at once be seen that in such a case there would be a or counteracting influence at home which would be sufficient in most instances I 1 to eradicate the correct impressions given at school hence the necessity that exists for parents to make themselves somewhat acquainted quain ted with our language if nothing more study the rudiments the pron and correct use of words study the chapter we have printed in tile the news entitled commo common n errors corrected il to obtain a practical knowledge of our language an L is not so great a task as is generally sup supposed an author says the f act fact that it t is so badly written and spoken is not due to any inherent difficulty in the language itself but to our neglect to study it systematically and our imperfect and erroneous methods of teaching it in alluding to school teachers we may here add that until the people are willing r to pay competent teacher a fair liberal salary it maybe may be expected that on oun our r schools sl wiil riot be of the first class it need not be a mattir matter matter of I 1 anye anfe many of our schools have hitherto a grade when teachers I 1 have been poorly paid and indeed in som some e instances which have come to our know ledge have never been paid at all if the education f our children is of great importance as all parents are most willing to admit then surely the one who devotes his or her time to imparting instruction to those children should be fully and honorably hono rabi y remunerated borsuch for buch such sv avice service ice we reiterate the truth if the people wish to have good schools hire bire good competent practical teachers well weil A ell eil informed in the most 1 approved use and pron of the english language ineis insisting ting as a qualification that they speak arid and write corre correctly cily city allow them good salaries and pay thim promptly what you ou promise dot not rot requiring them to spend more time in g than the hole hoie whole bole pittance often grudgingly stipulated is leally worth we recommend the careful perusal of the whole chapter to our adeis readers re young arid and old intimating that it will be advantageous advantage otis to all who will commit it to memory nor do we hesitate in urging upon our readers the attentive reading of t this his article trusting that school committees tru trustee trustees stee boards of examination and all others concerned in the A elfare of the rising generation will be moved to prompt and judicious action in the premises |
