" "the Merry Monarch died in the
fifty-fourth year of his age," &c.

*51. Conjunctions may be omitted.* The omission gives a certain
forcible abruptness, _e.g._ "You say this: I (on the other hand) deny
it."

When sentences are short, as in Macaulay's writings, conjunctions may
be advantageously omitted.

Where a contrast is intended, the conjunction _but_ usually prepares
the way for the second of the two contrasted terms: "He is good _but_
dull." Where _and_ is used instead of _but_, the incongruity savours
of epigram: "He always talks truthfully _and_ prosily." "He is always
amusing _and_ false."

*51 a. The Imperative Mood may be used for "if."*

"_Strip_ (for, _if you strip_) Virtue of the awful authority she
derives from the general reverence of mankind, and you rob her of half
her majesty."

*52. Apposition may be used so as to convert two sentences into one.*

"We called at the house of a person to whom we had letters of
introduction, _a musician_, and, what is more, a _good friend_ to all
young students of music." This is as clear as, and briefer than, "He
was a musician, &c."

*53. Condensation may be effected by not repeating (1) the common
subject of several verbs, (2) the common object of several verbs or
prepositions.*

(1) "He resided here for many years, and, after he had won the esteem
of all the citizens, (_he_) died," &c. So, (2) "He came to, and was
induced to reside in, this city," is shorter than "He came to this
city, and was induced to reside in it."

Such condensation often causes obscurity, and, even where there is no
obscurity, there is a certain harshness in pausing on light,
unemphatic words, such as _to_, _in_, &c., as in the first example.

*54. Tautology.*--The fault of repeating the same word several times
unnecessarily is called _tautology_, e.g.:

"This is a painful _circumstance_; it is a _circumstance_ that I much
_regret_, and he also will much _regret_ the _circumstance_." But the
fault is not to be avoided by using different words to mean the same
thing, as, "This is a painful _event_; it is a _circumstance_ that I
_much regret_, and he also will _greatly lament_ the _occurrence_."
The true remedy is to arrange the words in such a manner that there
may be no unnecessary repetition, thus: "This is a painful
circumstance, a circumstance that causes me, and will cause him, deep
regret."

The repetition of the same meaning in slightly different words is a
wo