William Francis Lewis Sanders

“ Use any one or no one with reference to one of more than two objects. 4. Each, every, either, or neither requires a verb or a pronoun in the same connection to be in the singular number. 5. Two or more subjects taken together require a verb or a pronoun in the same connection to be in plural number. 6. Two or more subjects taken separately require a verb or a pronoun in the same connection to be in the singular number. 7. A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in person and number. 8. When subjects of different numbers are joined by or, the verb must agree with the one next to it. ”

“ The teacher should ask questions about the objects and incidents of the reading lesson; the most difficult words of the lesson should be placed on the board and used as an exercise in rapid pronunciation and spelling; let the pupils pass rapidly through a paragraph, pronouncing the words of two-syllables, three-syllables, etc. ”

“ Practice counting objects as far as 20.
5. The exercises for slate work should progress very gradually. A higher number should be introduced only after the pupils can use, with readiness, those below it, in their many and varied combinations. Let there be oral work consisting of easy objective problems illustrative of the slate work.
6. In the black-board work the teacher should use a pointer and call for ready and correct mental recitations, as he points to the various problems. ”

“ Most pupils are slow in learning how to study History. The plan here set forth will lead them to understand how closely and intently the eyes of the mind must scan each line, if nothing is to escape their vision.
The teacher selects from the lesson words and expressions indicative of the prominent ideas, and classifies them into those of times, places, persons and miscellaneous items ”

“ Teach the Roman notation to C; how to tell the time of day; how to make change with money; and how to solve easy exercises in pt., qt., pk., and bu.,—gi., pt., qt., and gal.—and in., ft., and yd.
17. The teacher, using a pointer, should drill the pupils thoroughly on the following table. (Try to acquire speed and correctness) .
These constitute the multiplication table with the duplicate combinations cut out, leaving but 36 products to learn in the entire field of the common multiplication table. ”

“ In the oral recitation, the first pupil, without referring to his slate, recites as follows:—
The divisors of 24 are 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 12; 2 twelves are 24, 3 eights are 24, 4 sixes are 24, 6 fours are 24, 8 threes are 24, and twelve twos are 24. ”

“ In giving the number of times the size, &c., one object is that of another, use as-as, with the positive of the adjective. 59. Do not use a pronoun so that there will be doubt as to what word is its antecedent. 60. Two different relatives should not be used to refer to the same antecedent. Exercises for Correction. (a) In what (part, portion) of the town does he live (49) ? (b) His face assumed a (deadly, deathly) paleness (49) . (c) He hasn’t no pencil (50) . ”

“ China has a greater population than any nation on the earth (33 or 30) . (k) He is the wisest of the two (34) . (l) Which of these three men is the taller (35) ? (m) No city in Canada has suffered so much from fires as Quebec (36) . (n) It is one of the best answers that has yet been given to the question (1) . (o) A large part of the exports consist of spices (1) . (p) One after another arose and offered their services (7) . (q) Actions speak plainer than words (14) .
6 Cautions Against the Use of Incorrect English. ”

“ It isn’t safe to trust those sort of people (9) . (m) The pole is ten foot long (10) . (n) Is he an African or an European (11) ? (o) The government is an hereditary monarchy (11) . (p) A umpire was appointed (12) . (q) Franklin favored an Union (11) .
4 Cautions Against the Use of Incorrect English. 13. Use the adjective in expressing condition, appearance, quality, or kind. (Use the adj. to modify a noun or a pronoun.) ”