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Show BETTERENGUSH (lly OMVK FltAXK WOOJJ.EV) KMTOIl'S NOTB Duo to special arrangement ar-rangement with tho English Department De-partment of tho I'leaBant Qrovo High School, TUB IlEVIEW has boon ublo to sccura a series of articles on pruottcal grammar, which wo bollovo will bo of groat valuo to tho peoplo of this district. Wo feci that pcoplo who loyally support alt odu. catlonal projects for their children will gladly welcome such projocts for thcmsolvoe. In theso weekly articles wo dcslro to glvo tho pcoplo ot Pleasant Orovo practical Information about tho English Eng-lish language and a few simple ox. erclscs which will onablo them to ubo clearer and moro forceful English. Wo assure you that thoso who follow fol-low theso articles will not be led Into collcgo discussions or trivialities. Wo hopo to inako each lesson so practical that tho busy man on tho farm or In tho atoro, tho housewife, tho moth, or of growing children, will each feel that tlmo spont with thoso lessons Is tlmo spont to advantage Tho Hovlow 1b ono ot tho first pap. ors In tho West to tako up this movo-mont, movo-mont, and a great deal of credit Is duo tho editor for his ontorprlso and good Judgement In undortnklng a pmjict so distinctly for tho public good. Wo trust that thoso nrtlclcs will find their way Into ovory homo In this community, and that they will bo kept In an nccosslblo placo for future rcforenco. And brine your liirtlciiHIcn In speech to us. Any qucs. Hon concomlng current usage will bo answorod gladly. AddrcsB tho English Eng-lish Department, Pleasant Orovo High School. For tho first nrtlclo wo shall tako, up ono ot tho moat common errors In curront speech. Wo Americans nro buslnoss pcoplo, and our rapid tiro mothods havo won us tho reputation of uncqualod speed. Wo work fast, wnlk fast, eat fast and talk fast. And this last Is tho source ot many or our cirors. For when It Is physically Irmosslblo to say a phraso as rapidly as wo dcslro, wo do not say that phraso; wo substltuto something that sounds llko It but which has tho doubtful morlt of being shorter. In this way many contractions havo sprung up In our langungo; somo ot theso aro accepted as good usuage, don't, doesn't," haven't, are examples; but somo havo novor been Incorpor. otcd Into our language, and aro novor hoard whoro Americana tako a proper ptldu In tliolr speech. Ain't Is ono ot theso undesirable Intruders. Perhaps tho reason nln't is so popu. lar Is that it docs so many things. Wo all llko llttlo contrivances that can bo put to nny ubo, and horo wo have coined a word of four letters iui'1 mako It do tho work ot flvo different dif-ferent phrases. Out this Is a careloss thoughtless makeshift that robs tho wur's lauguago of richness and vti-rltity; vti-rltity; so no havo chosen It as tho first "v.ocd" to bo eliminated. Thoro Is oi ly ono rulo a very slmplo ono NEVER SAY AINT. Now you will hnve to uso ono of tU'su contractions: Isn't, nrcn't, lmu'ti't, hasn't, or nm not. For ex-nniplo: Ho Isn't hero. It Isn't faY'to tho wood. You aren't vory tall. I haven't a pencil. Wo haven't nnyrlght thoro. It hasn't, rained. , ' I'm to sing, hm I not?' That Isn't right. Wo nron't going. Thoy aron't calling loudly. You haven't been long. Ho hasn't a book. Am I not taller than ho? Am I not spcaklnc? Practlco on theso samples and on Others hh thoy occur in your dally Bpcoch. Never allow a slnglo nln't lo ciecp In. If ono docs como, tlror It out uiitl Biibstltuto ono ot theso ro. npoctablo phrases. Drill earnestly end porslstently until tho "ain't habit" h entirely broken. |