Part 35 (1/2)

Wrong: The table had been inlaid by his _father, containing_ over fifteen hundred pieces

Right: The _table, containing_ over fifteen hundred pieces, had been inlaid by his father

Right: The table contained over fifteen hundred pieces and had been inlaid by his father

b Avoid the ”squinting construction” By this ter of a clause so that it is i or succeeding part of the sentence

Wrong: It would be hard to explain, _if you were to ask ht: If you were to ask me what the trouble was, it would be hard to explain

4 Place correlatives so that there can be no doubt as to their office _Neither--nor, both--and_, etc, are frequently not placed next to the expressions they are ht a trunk _nor_ a suit-case

Right: He brought _neither_ a trunk _nor_ a suit-case

Wrong: He _not only_ received ht: He received money _not only_ froht: He _not only_ received money from his father, _but also_ received it from his mother

5 Omit no word that is not accurately i: The ht: The man _never has been_, and _never will be_ successful

Wrong: It _is no_ concern to hiht: It _is of no_ concern to hieneral, to collect the parts of a long complex sentence

Republicans, Democrats, Socialists, Prohibitionists, and Populists--_all_ were there

7 Express sihts, when connected in the same sentence, in a si_ the work that night, and _to write_ it out on the typewriter

Good: I decided _to do_ the work that night and _to write_ it out on the typewriter

Bad: _Textbooks are going_ out of use in the modern law schools, but so_ out of use in the modern law schools, but in sooing_ out of use in modern law schools, _they are still used_ in some of them

Bad: _One_ should never try to avoid work in school, for _you_ always increase your trouble by doing so

Good: _One_ should never try to avoid work in school, for _one_ always increases his trouble by doing so

Good: _One_ usually only increases _his_ troubles by trying to avoid work in school