| Show ENGLISH OF SUPREME COURT justices of highest highe st tribunal often use ungrammatical language 1 on the bench there Is a delicious reminder al boyhood grammatical breaks in the questioning by the honored justices of tho the supreme court remarked william it maddock of boston at the wallard Wll Will lard ariL during iny frequent trips to wasl ington I 1 have visited the court often listening to arguments and the questions put to lawyers by tho tb grave and solemn members of tho this c auit with so much formality add aas dignity surrounding tho the famous nl al I 1 have wondered a little ni at ibm breaking of the rules of syntax by bi the justices who know better and never dream of incorporating their offhand remarks in a written decision it Is not unusual to hear a justice justlee ll use the expression ab ho 0 dont and vierl aint Is quite ne as often used jarring on the nerves of the attend ing lawyer sand without causing the fellow justices to smile the justl justices ce know better and they also know that there are more serious infractions of grammatical laws in the nearby hoopaw of representatives every day of the session 1 I heard beard one big lawyer who haw noticed the grammatical breaks omar day remark that the kapsus may be co consequently thought atavistic now just what this lawyer meant by this sentence I 1 cannot explain and I 1 would fould prefer the good old fa a b I 1 0 nad colloquial methods of the even it they do violate a rule ol of 1 mary gram grammar mar washington agton post |
