“That brother should not war
with brother,
And one devour or
vex an other.”—Cowper cor.
LESSON IV.—PRONOUNS.
“If I can contribute to our country’s glory.” Or:—“to your glory and that of my country.”—Goldsmith cor. “As likewise of the several subjects, which have in effect each its verb.”—Lowth cor. “He is likewise required to make examples for himself.” Or: “He himself is likewise required to make examples.”—J. Flint cor. “If the emphasis be placed wrong, it will pervert and confound the meaning wholly.” Or: “If the emphasis be placed wrong, the meaning will be perverted and confounded wholly.” Or: “If we place the emphasis wrong, we pervert and confound the meaning wholly.”—L. Murray cor.; also Dr. Blair. “It was this, that characterized the great men of antiquity; it is this, that must distinguish the moderns who would tread in their steps.”—Dr. Blair cor. “I am a great enemy to implicit faith, as well the Popish as the Presbyterian; for, in that, the Papists and the Presbyterians are very much alike.”—Barclay cor. “Will he thence dare to say, the apostle held an other Christ than him that died?”—Id. “Why need you be anxious about this event?” Or: “What need have you to be anxious about this event?”—Collier cor. “If a substantive can be placed after the verb, the latter is active.”—A.