The Alphabet of Rhetoric, With a Chapter On Elocution; Intended As a Familiar Companion for All That Care to Speak And Write Correctly
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Let us proudly call it the United States, and noth- ing else.
The expression, " a man of the name of," etc..
1 66 THE ALPHABET OF RHETORIC is preferable to " a man by the name of," etc., though the latter is defensible on the theory that the word " known " or " passing " is understood. Irving writes : " A simple, good-natured fellow of the name of Rip Van Winkle." The preferred form is, " A man named." The common expression " calling names " is a corruption of " calling out of name." Instead of... saying " The boys called him names " (which might be true when they called him by his real names), we should say, " The boys called him out of his name " — that is, by some other appellation than his name. This is the original and true form of the expression, still retained in some remote districts.
Negatives. — In English, two negatives are equivalent to an affirmative; but the cases are few in which the simple affirmative is not to be preferred.
The epigram in Matthew xiii, 57, " A prophet is not without honor^ save in his own country and in his own house," is certainly more elegantly rhetorical and more likely to fix itself in the memory than if it were written : " A prophet is honored everywhere except at home." And in the case of a discussion in which a speaker has intimated that his opponent is ignorant of the essential facts, it is good rhetoric for the opponent, in his reply, to use the form, " I am not without a fair knowledge of the history of THE ALPHABET OF RHETORIC 167 this case," for this impliedly recognizes the fact that an assertion to the contrary has been made, while the simple declaration " I am familiar with the history of this case " would not call attention to the fact that he was affirming and making emphatic some- thing that is disputed.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Let us proudly call it the United States, and noth- ing else.
The expression, " a man of the name of," etc..
1 66 THE ALPHABET OF RHETORIC is preferable to " a man by the name of," etc., though the latter is defensible on the theory that the word " known " or " passing " is understood. Irving writes : " A simple, good-natured fellow of the name of Rip Van Winkle." The preferred form is, " A man named." The common expression " calling names " is a corruption of " calling out of name." Instead of... saying " The boys called him names " (which might be true when they called him by his real names), we should say, " The boys called him out of his name " — that is, by some other appellation than his name. This is the original and true form of the expression, still retained in some remote districts.
Negatives. — In English, two negatives are equivalent to an affirmative; but the cases are few in which the simple affirmative is not to be preferred.
The epigram in Matthew xiii, 57, " A prophet is not without honor^ save in his own country and in his own house," is certainly more elegantly rhetorical and more likely to fix itself in the memory than if it were written : " A prophet is honored everywhere except at home." And in the case of a discussion in which a speaker has intimated that his opponent is ignorant of the essential facts, it is good rhetoric for the opponent, in his reply, to use the form, " I am not without a fair knowledge of the history of THE ALPHABET OF RHETORIC 167 this case," for this impliedly recognizes the fact that an assertion to the contrary has been made, while the simple declaration " I am familiar with the history of this case " would not call attention to the fact that he was affirming and making emphatic some- thing that is disputed.
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