"
so as to introduce the illustration abruptly. (_e_) "tossing."
(_f_) Use a word implying a particular kind of "deceit," not
"lying," but the next thing to "lying." (_g_) Insert the word
with a preceding and intensifying adverb, "absolutely nothing."
(_h_) Instead of "either," "or," repeat "nothing." (_i_) The
parenthesis breaks the rhythm. Write "nothing, or worse than
nothing." (_k_) "to found."

109. "A glance at the clock will make you (1) _conscious_ that it is
nearly three in the morning, and I therefore ask you, gentlemen,
instead of wasting more time, to put this question to yourselves, 'Are
we, or are we not, here, for the purpose of (1) _eliminating_ the
truth?'"

110. "The speech of the Right Honourable member, so far from
_unravelling_ (14) _the obscurities of this knotty question_, is
eminently calculated to mislead his supporters (_a_) (8 _a_) _who_
have not made a special study of it. It may be (_b_) (23) _almost_
asserted of every statement (8) _which_ he has made that the very (1)
_converse_ is the fact."

(_a_) The meaning appears to be, not "_all_ his supporters," but
"_those of_ his supporters who:" the convenience of writing "his
supporters _that_" is so great that I should be disposed to use
"that." (_b_) "Every," not "asserted," requires the juxtaposition
of "almost."

111. "The provisions of the treaty _which_ (8) require the consent of
the Parliament of Canada await its assembling."

Point out the meaning conveyed by _which_, and by _that_.

112. "Mrs. Smith demonstrated (26), in opposition to the general
dictum of the press, that (_a_) _there had been_ a reaction against
woman's suffrage, that there had really been a gain of one vote in the
House of Commons."

(_a_) Substitute "instead of," and erase the second "that."

113. "The practice of smoking hangs like a gigantic (14 _a_) cloud of
evil over the country."

FOOTNOTES:

[18] That which treats of the thirteenth century.

CONTINUOUS EXERCISES.

CLEARNESS.

The following exercises consist of extracts from Burnet, Butler, and
Clarendon, modernized and altered with a view to remove obscurity and
ambiguity. The modernized version will necessarily be inferior to the
original in unity of style, and in some other respects. The charm of
the author's individuality, and the pleasant ring of the old-fashioned
English, are lost. It is highly necessary tha