INACCURATE EXPRESSIONS
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TRESS.
Sir, —Those who think that the English language " goes with freedom, thought and truth to rouse and rule the world," should do their best to simplify it or at least should avoid making it more perplexing. There is, however, too often a lamentable carelessness in the use of inaccurate expressions by English people. At present I will deal only with one of them. "July 4th" is sometimes written, whereas, except in one very rare use of the words, there can bo no fourth July, seeing there is but one July in a year. Of course one who had spent July four years running in Akaroa might say. "This is the fourth July that I have spent in A>roa," but to speak of July 4th us you would of George 4th is absurd and indefensible. It is unfortunate that newspapers help to encourage the error by giving the number of <the day between the month and the year, instead' of placing it first.—Yours, etc., OWEN.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11580, 11 May 1903, Page 5
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INACCURATE EXPRESSIONS
Press, Volume LX, Issue 11580, 11 May 1903, Page 5
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