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HOW TO SPEAK AND WRITE CORRECTLY by JOSEPH DEVLIN, M.A. CHAPTER VI Page 2: LETTER WRITING It is better to finish formal letters without any such qualifying remarks. If you are writing to Mr. Ryan to tell him that you have a house for sale, after describing the house and stating the terms simply sign … Read more

HOW TO SPEAK AND WRITE CORRECTLY by JOSEPH DEVLIN, M.A. CHAPTER VII Page 1: ERRORS Mistakes Slips of Authors Examples and Corrections Errors of Redundancy. In the following examples the word or words in parentheses are uncalled for and should be omitted: 1. Fill the glass (full). 2. They appeared to be talking (together) on … Read more

HOW TO SPEAK AND WRITE CORRECTLY by JOSEPH DEVLIN, M.A. CHAPTER VII Page 2: ERRORS “In every well formed mind this second desire seems to be the strongest of the two.”—Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments. In these examples the superlative is wrongly used for the comparative. When only two objects are compared the comparative form … Read more