Words and Phrases.
44 £JAIRX GORM ” writes;—l came across the word “ thylacine ” in my dictionary the other day, the definition being “ the zebra wolf of New Zealand.” Surely this is wrong, or else I know even less about the animals of this country than I thought I did. Also, can you suggest a handy-sized book on grammar, which would be of use to a grown man who desires to polish up his English a bit? The zebra wolf is a native of Tasmania, or, rather, that is what "Touchstone’s” dictionary says. Certainly it is not a native of New Zealand, nor does it exist in New Zealand. If the correspondent requires a grammar pure and simple, Nesfield’s is reliable, but if something else is needed to help the writer, there is a very, good little book, published in 1925, " English Prose and How to Write Tt,” by Robert Blatchford. TOUCHSTONE.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20434, 12 October 1934, Page 6
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