MR GRANT AND GRAMMAR.
To the Editor.
Sir, — The letters that adorned your columns in last issue require no ' notice from me, Along with the Pfofeesopvl addresses',' they should be hermetically sealed and deposited in the cavity of the corncr-stouc of Knox Church next Monday. I will not deign to characterise them. As for my own letter, it is perfectly grammatical and absolutely faultless, both in thought, expression, and construction, accordion to the' standard of English grammarian*. " '1 he style and structure of the letters of your correspondents clearly prove their paternity. They are beneath contempt. Publish as many letters as you please ; but my own personal dignity prevents me from ever stooping to criticise what sets all criticism at defiance. Like the vagaries of the iSpii dualists, such new-fangled notions of composition outrage alike both reason and common sense. —I am, &c., J. G. IS. Grant. November 22. [This correspondence must now cease,— Ed. E. iS'.j
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Evening Star, Issue 3047, 23 November 1872, Page 1 (Supplement)
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157MR GRANT AND GRAMMAR. Evening Star, Issue 3047, 23 November 1872, Page 1 (Supplement)
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