follows: 'When the Japanese ..., and when ... , it was natural to infer that ...'.
37. VULGARISMS AND COLLOQUIALISMS
Like for as:
- Sins that were degrading me, like they have many others.—Daily Telegraph.
- They should not make a mad, reckless, frontal attack like General Buller made at the battle of Colenso.—Daily Telegraph.
- Coming to God the loving Father for pardon, like the poor prodigal did.—Daily Telegraph.
- There is no moral force to existence ... which enlarges our outlook like suffering does.—Daily Telegraph.
What ever...? is a colloquialism; whatever ...? a vulgarism:
- Whatever reason have we to suppose, as the vast majority of professing Christians appear to do, that the public worship of Almighty God ...?—Daily Telegraph.
- Whatever is the good in wrangling about bones when one is hungry and has nutritious food at hand?—Daily Telegraph.
'Those sort':
- I know many of those sort of girls whom you call conjurors.—Trollope.
- Those sort of writers would merely take it as a first-class advertisement.—Corelli.
38. TAUTOLOGY
- Lord Rosebery has not budged from his position—splendid, no doubt—of (lonely) isolation.—Times.
- Counsel admitted that that was a grave suggestion to make, but he submitted that it was borne out by the (surrounding) circumstances.—Times.
- One can feel first the characteristics which men have in common and only afterward those which distinguish them (apart) from one another.—Times.
- A final friendly agreement with Japan, which would be very welcome to Russia, is only possible if japan (again) regains her liberty of action.—Times.
- Miss Tox was (often) in the habit of assuring Mrs. Chick that ...—Dickens.
- He had come up one morning, as was now (frequently) his wont.—Trollope.
- The counsellors of the Sultan (continue to) remain sceptical.—Times. ...