THE ELEMENTS OF PROSE

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THE STANDARD UNITS OF PROSE TEXTS IN ENGLISH -FROM THE HUMBLEST OFFICE MEMO TO THE LONGEST NOVEL-ARE WORDS , SENTENCES,AND PARAGRAPHS.

THERE ARE LARGER UNITS-CHAPTERS,FOR EXAMPLE-AND SMALLER UNITS AS WELL;' MORPHEMES' , OR THE ATOMS OF LANGUAGE ,SUCH AS THE WORD- FORMING ELEMENTS EN -AND - ING AND THE ROOT DUR, ALL GOING TO MAKE  THE WORD ENDURING.BUT SUCH UNITS HAVE LITTLE BEARING OF GOOD STYLE.

ENGLISH HAS AN ENOURMOUSLY RICH VOCABULARY, LARGER AND MORE VARIED  THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER LANGUAGE. THIS GREAT ADVANTAGES AND FEW DANGERS.

THE MAIN ADVANTAGES ARE; VARIETY AND PRECISION.THE CORRESPONDING DANGERS ARE NEEDLESS VARIATION AND HIGH FAULT IN WORDING.
THE VARIETY OF SYNONYMS GIVES WRITERS AND SPEAKERS GREAT SCOPE OF EFFECTIVE EXPRESSION.
SUPPOSE YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE IDEA OF HAPPINESS,AND HAVE USED THE WORD' HAPPY' SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY.YOU CAN TURN PERHAPS TO CHEERFUL.GRATIFIED,BLITHE,OR BUOYANT INSTEAD. IF YOU WANT SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE SLANGY,  YOU MIGHT TRY JAUNTY, OR COCK-A-HOOP.

THE VARIETY OF SYNONYMS ALSO ENABLES WRITERS AND SPEAKERS TO AVOID AMBIGUITY. SO MANY ENGLISH  WORDS  HAVE MULTIPLE SENSES .THE WORD REVOLTING,TO TAKE A SIMPLE EXAMPLE,CAN MEAN EITHER REBELLING OR DISGUSTING ACCORDING TO THE CONTEXT. FOR EXAMPLE -THE PEASANTS ARE REVOLTING-REPLACE REVOLTING WITH EITHER OF ITS SYNONYMS,REBELLING OR DISGUSTING AND THE AMBIGUITY DISAPPEARS AT ONCE.

THE OTHER GREAT BENEFIT BY THE VERBAL TREASURE HOUSE OF ENGLISH IS PRECISION. IF YOU WANT TO CAPTURE  THE IDEA OF A SERENE AND HAPPINESS, THE WORD BEATIFIC IS AVAILABLE;AND CELEBRATING KIND OF HAPPINESS,EXULTANT OR JUBILANT. A SIMILAR PRECISION AND VARIETY CAN BE FOUND AMONG THE SYNONYMS FOR OLD,FOR EXAMPLE EVERY OLD PERSON OBJECTS TO BE CALLED AS AN. AGEING DANDY. IT WAS WRITTEN BY THE EDITOR OF THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH, WHO OBJECTED  TO BEING DESCRIBED AS AN AGEING DANDY;

NOBODY WOULD DESCRIBE AN OLD BUILDING IN GOOD REPAIR AS AGING . ONLY A DISSUED AND CRUMBLING DUMB WITH CRACKED PAINT AND PEALING PLASTER GETS DESCRIBED AS AGING . FOR FUTURE REFERENCE LET ALL AUTHORS KNOW THAT JUST AS THE PREFERRED APPELLASION FOR FURNITURE OF A CERTAIN AGE IS ANTIQUE AND FOR MONUMENTS ANCIENT AND FOR WINE ,VINTAGE AND FOR SOLDIERS VETERAN AND FOR CLERGY MAN , VULNERABLE FOR HACKS IS , FOR WANT FOR A BETTER WORD SEASONED .