Gould against Alford

Mr. Edward S. Gould, in his review of Dean Alford's "Queen's English," remarks, on page 131 of his "Good English": "And now, as to the style [4] of the Dean's book, taken as a whole. He must be held responsible for every error in it; because, as has been shown, he has had full leisure for its revision. [5] The errors are, neverthele , numerous; and the shortest way to exhibit them is [6] in tabular form." In several instances Mr. Gould would not have taken the Dean to task had he known English better. The following are a few of Mr. Gould's corrections in which he is clearly in the right: Paragraph 4. "Into another land than "; should be, "into a land other than ." 16. "We do not follow rule in spelling other words, but custom"; should be, "we do not follow rule, but custom , in spelling," etc. 18. "The distinction is observed in French, but never appears to have been made," etc.; read, " appears never to have been made." 61. " Rather to aspirate more than le "; should be, "to aspirate more rather than le ." 9. "It is said also only to occur three times," etc.; read, " occur only three times." 44. "This doubling only takes place in a syllable," etc.; read, " takes place only ." 142. "Which can only be decided when those circumstances are known"; read, " can be decided only when," etc. 166. "I will only say that it produces," etc.; read, "I will say only ," etc. 170. "It is said that this can only be filled in thus"; read, "can be filled in only thus." 368. "I can only deal with the complaint in a general way"; read, " deal with the complaint only ," etc. 86. " In so far as they are idiomatic," etc. What is the use of in ? 171. "Try the experiment"; " tried the experiment." Read, make and made . 345. "It is most generally used of that very sect," etc. Why most ? 362. "The joining together two clauses with a third," etc.; read, " of two clauses," etc.