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3595. GRAMMAR, Rigor of.—
Where
strictness of grammar does not weaken expression,
it should be attended to * * *.
But where, by small grammatical negligences,
the energy of an idea is condensed, or a word
stands for a sentence, I hold grammatical rigor
in contempt. [226]
—
To James Madison.
Ford ed., viii, 108.
(W.
1801)
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