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PURITY（第1页）

PURITY

Purityofstylesistsinusingwordsutable，nationala，whisthatthewordsareiusebythebestauthorities，thattheyareusedthroughoutthenationandnotedtooicularpart，andthattheyarewordsintuseatthepresenttime。

&woguidingprihechoiceooduseandgoodtaste。Goodusetellsuswhetherawhtoodtaste，whetheritisadaptedtoourpurposeornot。

Awordthatisobsoleteortooohavegainedaplathelaisaprovincialism，shouldnotbeused。

&heTeneyle:

1。Donnwords。

2。Donotusealongwordwhenashortonewillserveyourpurpose。Fireismuchbetterthanflagration。

3。Doeicalwords，orthoseuoodosiiveliwheingespeciallyforsuchpeople。

4。Donotuseslang。

5。Donotuseprovincialisms，as"Iguess"for"Ithink"?"Ire"for"Iknow，"etc。

6。Donprose，usepoetitiquatedwords:as"lore，e'er，morn，yea，nay，verily，peradve;

7。Doeandhaeyedressions?as，"onthejob，""upandin"?"downandout。"

8。Donotusenehiotestablishedaplathela;tobugle"?"tosuicide，"etc。

9。Donotuseungrammaticalwordsandforms?as，"Iain't?""hedon't。"

10。Donotuseambiguouswordsorphrases?as—"Heshowedmeallaboutthehouse。"

Tritewords，similesaaphorswhichhavebeehadwornoutshouldbeallowedtorestintheoblivionofpastusage。Suchexpressionsandphrasesas"Sweetsixteen""theAlmightydollar，""UncleSam，""O;"TheGloriousFourth，""YoungAmerica，""Thelordsof，"&queion，""Theweakersex，""Theweakervessel，""Sweetnesslongdrawnout"and"chiefdbottlewasher，"shouldbeputoheyareutterlywornoutfromtoomuchusage。

&heoldsimileswhichhaveoutlivedtheirusefulnessandshouldbepensionedoff，are"Sweetassugar，""Boldasalion，"&quasanox，""Quickasaflash，""Coldasice，""Stiffasapoker，""Whiteassnow，""Busyasabee，""Paleasaghost，""RichasCroesus，""Crossasabear"amaooomention。

Beasinalaspossibleintheuseofexpression。Don'tfollowibuttryaforyourself。Thisdoesyoushouldtrytosetthestyle，ordoanythingoutlandishoroutoftheway，orbeaninnovator。Iinalthereisyforyoutoihiablishapret。Theprobabilityisyouarenotfittodoeither，byeduortalent。Whilefollowiyleofthosewhoareaowledgedleadersyoubeinalinye。Tryandideadifferentfromwhatithasbeeter。Ifyouarespeakingofdan'ttalkorwriteabout&quthelightfantastictoe。"Itisovertwohundredyearssiowayin"L'Allegro。"You'renotaMiltonandbesidesoveramillioolenitfromMiltonuntilitisnowhstealing。

Don'tresurrectobsoletewordssuchaswhilom，yclept，wis，etdberegardtoobsolestwords，thatis，wordsthatareatthepresenttimegraduallypassingfromusesuchasquoth，trow，betwixt，amongst，froward，etc。

Andbewareofnewwords。Beirudarrae，butdon&#inatewords。Leavethattothemastersoflanguage，anddon'tbethefirsttotrysuchwords，waitusofspeechhavetestedthemaheirmerits。

Quintiliansaid—"Prefertheoldestoftheheheold。"Popeputthisistillholdsgood:

Inwords，asfashions，thesamerulewillhold，Alikefantastic，iftooneworold:Bebywhomtheried，helasttolaytheoldaside。