Live and Learn: A Guide for All, who Wish to Speak and Write Correctly

LIVE AND LEARN:

A GUIDE FOR ALL, WHO WISH TO

SPEAK AND WRITE CORRECTLY:

PARTICULARLY INTENDED AS

A BOOK OF REFERENCE FOR THE SOLUTION OF DIFFICULTIES
CONNECTED WITH

GRAMMAR, COMPOSITION, PUNCTUATION,

ETC., ETC.

WITH EXPLANATIONS OF LATIN AND FRENCH WORDS AND PHRASES
OF FREQUENT OCCURRENCE IN NEWSPAPERS, REVIEWS,
PERIODICALS, AND BOOKS IN GENERAL;
CONTAINING EXAMPLES OF

ONE THOUSAND MISTAKES

OF DAILY OCCURRENCE,

IN SPEAKING, WRITING, AND PRONUNCIATION;

TOGETHER WITH

DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR WRITING FOR THE PRESS, AND FORMS
OF ARTICLES IN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF
NEWSPAPER LITERATURE.

"There are hundreds of persons, engaged in professional and commer
cial pursuits, who are sensible of their deficiencies on many points con-
nected with the grammar of their own tongue, and who, by self-tuition.
are anxious to correct such deficiencies, and to acquire the means of
speaking and writing, if not with elegance, at any rate with a due regard
to grammatical accuracy,-to whom this little work is INDISPENSABLE."-
"What more important than a correct knowledge of ones own
tongue?"-CONDORCET.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, In the year 1856, by

GARRETT & CO.,

In the Clerek's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

OF the practical value of a pocket manual, to which we can refer in cases of grammatical embar· rassment, as well as for literary information and suggestions, there can be no doubt. In the preparation of the present volume it has been the aim of the author to make such a work. Whether he has succeeded, is a question to be decided by the reader.

There are hundreds of persons engaged in professional and commercial pursuits, who are sensible of their deficiencies on many points connected with the grammar of their own tongue, and who, by selftuition, are anxious to correct such deficiencies, and to acquire the means of writing and speaking, if not with elegance, at any rate with a due regard to grammatical accuracy.

For such persons this little volume is more particularly intended, though it is believed that few can peruse it without deriving advantage, and also acquiring some additional knowledge.

It is a conventional, and, unfortunately, a widelyspread error, that correctness in speaking and writing comes as a matter of course, and especially when the individual has received what is called "a CLASS

ICAL education."-A glance at the article on "In stances of False Syntax, Errors, &c., &c., (see page 73,) occurring in the writings of authors of eminence," [men educated at the Public Schools and Universities,] will at once prove the fallacy of this impression.

Our little volume will also be found useful by those who desire to write for the press. To all such, he forms of department articles will prove both interesting and valuable. A careful examination of these forms will enable the student to obtain an intelligent understanding of the various departments in newspaper literature, and also furnish him with materials for deciding for which to qualif inself -editing or reporting.

CONTENTS.

1. Rules for the Use of Capitals and Italics

2. Division of Words into Syllables

3. On the Hyphen

4. Rules for Spelling

5. On Nouns

6. On Gender