) Here the regularity of form
gives pleasure to the taste, while the position of balanced and parallel
parts adds clearness, coherence, and emphasis to the thoughts expressed.
This method of sentence structure, if employed too frequently, however,
will lead to a mannerism difficult to overcome. The caution to be heeded
in the case of this type of sentence as well as in the case of every other
is, "Nothing too much." Observe the law of variety.
EXERCISES
Point out the specific faults and correct:--
1. He neither gave satisfaction as butler nor as coachman.
2. Elaine deserves our sympathy from the beginning to the end of the
novel.
3. John only played once and won; and then, after watching the other
players for a time, he got up and left the room.
4. The boy had an unconquerable fear of reptiles which no reasoning could
overcome.
5 The Vicar's son Moses was a good student of the classics, but he made a
bad bargain in his purchase of the green spectacles.
6. In all of his behavior toward Lynette, Gareth was patient and
courteous, which reflected much credit on his knightly character.
7. Johnson was a man with a heroic soul, a wonderful intellect, and a kind
heart.
8. After they had all assembled and come together, Odysseus addressed
them.
9. He had reached the age of seventy, and his death was due to a nervous
disorder.
10. The boys were only injured a little.
11. George Eliot's writings are filled with the philosophy of life, if we
are wise enough to discover it.
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