This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...hundreds of years ago. For us now to adopt Volapuk, or German, or Russian, would be like giving up a simple and convenient machine in exchange for one that is complex and hard-running. But "what has this to do with you?" I answer: In your own speech, whether oral or written, do your part toward making and toward ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...hundreds of years ago. For us now to adopt Volapuk, or German, or Russian, would be like giving up a simple and convenient machine in exchange for one that is complex and hard-running. But "what has this to do with you?" I answer: In your own speech, whether oral or written, do your part toward making and toward keeping English such a language as may well meet the needs of all Earth's peoples. I have said before that you may be glad you are born to speak an easy language like English. But you have something more to do about it than merely to be glad. You have each of you, in fact, a definite duty to perform toward this language, if you would fulfill in some small measure the debt you owe to it. Discard i from your own vocabulary the affected, the coarse, and the vulgar. Have ready to your call so many good and noble words that you can instantly without effort choose the one which best voices your thought. Determine that the cause of good English shall not suffer thru your own use. And remember that an elegant and refined use of English will be your best passport into the society of educated people. And do not despise your spelling book nor begrudge any time needed to master it; for spelling is one necessary part in your command of written English. But remember that the least important use of a dictionary is to give the spelling and pronunciation of words. Its best gift is in the meaning of words, with citations of their use by writers of good English. Our dictionary makers are not inspired. They merely report to us what seemed to themselves the best way to spell English words, many of which have previously been spelled in several different ways, together with definitions based upon usage. Look upon your dictionary then, merely as a valuable report...
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Add this copy of Everyday English: Language Lessons for Intermediate to cart. $49.33, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Nabu Press.
