interests of the country districts in so ridiculously an unfair degree to those of a small borough.–Times.
35. DO as Substitute Verb
Do cannot represent (1) be, (2) an active verb supplied from a passive, (3) an active verb in a compound tense, gerund, or infinitive; You made the very mistake that I did, but have made, was afraid of making, expected to make, shall (make).
It...ought to have been satisfying to the young man. And so, in a manner of speaking, it did.–Crockett.
It may justly be said, as Mr. Paul does, that...–Westminster Gazette.
To inflict upon themselves a disability which one they will find the mistake and folly of doing.–Westminster Gazette.
We can of course say He lost his train, which I had warned him not to do; because lose is then represented not by do, but by which (thing).
36. Fresh Starts
The trick of taking breath in the middle of a sentence by means of a resumptive that or the like should be avoided; especially when it is a confession rather of the writer's short-windedness than of the unwieldy length of his sentence.
It does not follow (as I pointed out by implication above) that if, according to the account of their origin given by the system, those fundamental beliefs are true, that therefore they are true.–Balfour.
Sir—Might I suggest that while this interesting question is being discussed that the hymn 'Rock of Ages' be sung in every church and chapel...?–Daily Telegraph.
A very short-winded correspondent.
It seems to be a fair deduction that when the Japanese gained their flank position immediately West of Mukden, and when, further, they took no immediate advantage of the fact, but, on the contrary, began to hold the villages in the plain as defensive positions, that a much more ambitious plan was in operation.—Times.
If the writer means what he says, and the grounds of the deduction are not included in the sentence, reconstruction is not obvious, and that is perhaps wanted to pick up the thread; but if, as may be suspected, the when clauses contain the grounds of the deduction, we may reconstruct as
