How to Speak and Write Correctly (anotated): A book on improving eloquence, proficiency and grammar in everyday communication.

by Joseph Devlin

Instructions to Speak and Write Correctly by Joseph Devlin. In the readiness of this little work the essayist has kept one end in view, To make it functional for those for whom it is expected, or at least, for the people who have neither the time nor the open door, the learning nor the tendency, to examine intricate and recondite compositions on Rhetoric, Grammar, and Composition. To them, such works are as gold encased in chests of steel and locked past the force of opening. This book has no assumption about it whatever, - it is neither a Manual of Rhetoric, expounding on the creeds of style, nor a Grammar loaded with inconsistent standards and exemptions. It is simply a work to help normal, regular individuals to put themselves out there in common, ordinary language, in a legitimate way. A few wide guidelines are set out, the recognition of which will empower the peruser to keep inside the pale of respectability in oral and composed language. Numerous informal words and articulations, particular to the language, have been given, other than which some of the normal mix-ups and entanglements have been set before the peruser with the goal that he might be aware and keep away from them. The essayist needs to recognize his obligation to nobody specifically, but to all overall who have at any point composed regarding the matter. The little book goes forward with a finger-post out and about of language pointing in the correct heading. It is trusted that the individuals who go as per its list will show up at the objective of right talking and composing.

144 pages, Paperback

Published June 29, 2022

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NB This is not the same person as Joseph Devlin (1871-1934), the Irish journalist and MP.