The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric by Sherwin Cody

Author:Sherwin Cody [Cody, Sherwin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2006-11-05T05:00:00+00:00

Notes on Franklin.

(See “How Franklin Learned to Write” in preceding chapter.)

1. “The female sex” includes animals as well as human beings, and in modern times we say simply “women,” though when Franklin wrote “the female sex” was considered an elegant phrase.

2. Note that “their” refers to the collective noun “sex.”

3. If we confine the possessive case to persons we would not say “for dispute's sake,” and indeed “for the sake of dispute” is just as good, if not better, in other respects.

4. “Ready plenty” is antique usage for “ready abundance.” Which is the stronger?

5. “Reasons” in the phrase “strength of his reasons” is a simple and forcible substitute for “arguments.”

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