Show improprieties of brolli sit acl are much abused words it is recorded that the brilliant lawyer burran once carelessly ob erred in court an action lay and the judge corrected him by remarking lies mr curran hens lay but subsequently the judge ordering a counselor to act down curran retaliated talia ted sit down your honor hen gel the retort was characterized by more wit than truth aiena do not let they sit we often hear people say the coat sola well sits is the proper word the book does not lay on the table it lies there some years ago an old lady consulted an eccentric boston physician and in describing her disease trouble doctor i that I can neither lay nor sit then majam was the reply would re fully suggest eug gest the propriety of ro looks beautifully is a phrase heard almost daily from thelida of educated men and women but she is beautifully or she seems beautifully are no more improper than she loosa beautifully we qualify what d person id by an adverb what a person is by an adjective for example it h liht to say she looks coldly on him and she looks celd hardly any word in the english language is so abused as the word ot A ma banys nys I have got a old be means I have a another says aliat lady hat got a fine head of har which may be true if the hair is false otherwise the got should be omitted athard says I have got to leave the city for new york this evening meaning only that he has to leave the city etc nine out of ten who enter a dry goods store ask have you got such an artic lt A man may say correctly I have got more than my neighbor baa because I have been industrious but he cannot with pro briety assy t have got a longer nose however lon his nose may be unless it is an artificial one one of the most offensive barbar iams isms now prevalent is use of the pet warl awe to express almost every kind of approbation and almost every quality it is well enough to say A nico bit of cheese but the exir ossion A nice man nice day etc is vulgar without a doubt ane word splendid is as frequently and ii used we say sates at auction when we gay ailcy by auction mrs snaith and myself will be happy to dine with you should read mrs smith and I will be happy to dine with you |