Part 56 (1/2)

6 I shall _leave_ you go at noon

7 The _balance_ of the essay was uninteresting

8 By questions they tried to _elin_ false reatly _effected_ by the news

11 Sabbath _observation_ was then very strict

12 They _expect_ that she wrote the letter

13 The _invention_ of electricity has revolutionized all ?

15 Edison _discovered_ the phonograph

16 One cannot comprehend the _enormity_ of a billion of dollars

17 Many _complements_ were paid to her beauty

18 His _consciousness_ pricked hiuilty of such a cruel _action_

20 The _advancement_ of the arlish, as in other languages, a nura the e, and are continually used by the best writers

These expressions that lie outside all rules we call idio idiomatic expressions with the unidiomatic expressions that succeed theroup is in accord with the strict rules of composition; but the first, the idiomatic, is far more forceful

Idiomatic: The book which I read about

Unidiomatic: The book about which I read

Idiomatic: More than one life was lost

Unidiomatic: More lives than one life were lost

Idiomatic: Speak loud Speak louder

Unidiomatic: Speak loudly Speak more loudly

Idiomatic: A ten-foot pole

Unidioht and ht and )

Idiomatic: He lectured on every other day

Unidiomatic: He lectured on one day out of every two

Idioms are not to be avoided On the contrary, because they contribute great ease and force to coed

But the distinction between idiomatic and unidioe Care o beyond the idioer that the ordinary writer or speaker will not use idio expressions are exa at the door _in his shi+rt sleeves_