Do You Make These
Mistakes in English?
Sherwin Cody's remarkable invention has enabled more than
‘ANY persons use such expressions as
Leave them lay there” and." Mary
was invited as well a mysell” Stil
others say “between you and I” instead of
“between you and me.”
often "who" is used for “whom
quently” we hear such lari
hone as ""for MID able.”
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certain, words with one or two "'e” of “ms
‘or with “ie” oF “ei,” and when to use
‘commas in Order to make their meaning abso
Iutely ‘clear. ‘Most persone ase ‘only common
words—coloriess, Nat, ordinary, Their speech
nd. their letters ate feet, monotonous,
humdrum,
Why Most People Make Mistakes
What is the reason so many of us are defi-
cient in the use of English and find our careers
Stunted in consequence? Why is it some cannot
Spell correctly and others. cannot punctuate?
‘Why do so many find themselves at a loss for
words to express their meaning. adequately?
‘The feason for the deficiency is clear. Sherwin
Cody discovered it in scieatine tests which he
gave thousands of times. Most persons do net
Write or speak good Enilish simply because
they never formed the habit of doing so
What Cody Did at Gary
The formation of any habit comes only
from constant practice: Shakespeare, you may
a elture, never studied
Fules. No one who
Writes and spas or
Feetly thinks of rules
‘when hetis doing so,
“ave NOO.” aad
Few know whether to spell
Here is our mother-
tongue, language
that has built up our
ewvilization, and. with:
fut which we should
all still be “muttering
Savages! Yet our
schools, by wrong
‘methods, have made it
f study to be avoided
othe hardest of tasks
instead "of the most
fascinating of games!
or years it has been @
crying disgrace
An that point tes
the real. difference be
‘tween Sherwin Cody
land the schools! Here
Some years ago Mr.
Cody war invited by
the author of the
famous Gary System
of Education to teach
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English to all uppergrade pupils in Gary,
Indiana. By means of unique. practice exer
cies ‘Mr. Cody secured more improvement
lm these pupils in five weeks than prcviculy
x be eo
[years “under” old methods. There was
ueseworke about these results. They. wer
| Droved by. scientiic. comporisoos. .Aroacing!
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“wild about the study. 1 was like playing
rentor beside you's mentor who would not laugh at
Jeu but who, woul 9 the contrary, npr a hip
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100,000 people 'to correct their mistakes in English. Only I5
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