...know, that in such a parliament, they witt [shall] be supported against any intrigue; if they act ill, they know that no intrigue can protect them." Burke....present ; but, often, leads to expressions that are un grammatical, and seldom to such as are elegant. It is a sort of translation of the Latin parti ci])\e...

...events comes into play, the speaker, using the first person, muat pass from ' will ' to ' shall.' ' If I draw a catgut, or any other cord, to a great length between my fingers, I will make it smaller than before ' — Goldsmith. The proper word here is ' shall,' because the making it...

...events comes into play, the speaker, using the first person, must pass from ' will ' to ' shall.' ' If I draw a catgut, or any other cord, to a great length between my fingers, I will make it smaller than before ' — Goldsmith. The proper Word here is ' shall,' because the making it...

...(id. 2, 2). § 9. It will be easily seen now, that the following sentence of Goldsmith's is incorrect: If I draw a catgut, or any other cord, to a great length between my fingers, I will make it thinner than before. Bain, in his Higher English Grammar, quotes this passage, observing that...

...classics, which relate to public speaking, and the theatrical entertainments of the ancients." l * " If I draw a catgut or any other cord to a great length between my fingers, I will make it smaller than before."2 " Mr. Thornton was without any suite, as it is intended that the staff...

...events comes into play, the speaker, using the first person, must pass from ' will ' to 'shall '. ' If 1 draw a catgut, or any other cord, to a great length .between my fingers, I will make it smaller than before ' (Goldsmith). The proper word. here is ' shall ', because the making it...

...surer aid of Revelation, one should be apt to embrace the opinion of Diodorus Siculus.—Warburton. If I draw a catgut, or any other cord, to a great length between my fingers, I will make it smaller than it was before.—Goldsmith. You must make haste and gather me all you can, and...

...know, that in such a parliament, they will [shall] be supported against any intrigue; if they act ill, they know that no intrigue can protect them." Burke....elegant. It is a sort of translation of the Latin participleywtarws (going to be,) usually rendered by the Gallicism about to be ; — the notification...

...play, the speaker, using the first person, must pass from 'will' to 'shall'. ' If I draw a catgut, »T any other cord, to a great length between my fingers, I will make it smaller than before ' (Goldsmith). The proper word here is 'shall', because the making it smaller...

...fault respected writers who ought to know better. Noah Webster quotes Oliver Goldsmith' s faux pas: 'If I draw a catgut or any other cord to a great length between my fingers, I will make it smaller than it was before' (Dissertations 1789:237-238: emphasis mine; quoted by Sundby et...