6. Adjectives should be placed next to the nouns which they qualify;
as, "A tract of _good_ land."
7. We should generally avoid comparing such adjectives as do not
literally admit of comparison; such as, _more impossible, most
impossible; more unconquerable, more perfect_, &c. See REMARKS on
adjectives, page 76.
8. When an adjective or an adverb is used in comparing two objects,
it should be in the comparative degree; but when more than two are
compared, the superlative ought to be employed; as, "Julia is the
_taller_ of the two; Her specimen is the _best_ of the three."
FALSE SYNTAX.
_Note_ 2. The boat carries thirty tun.
The chasm was twenty foot broad, and one hundred fathom in depth.
_Note_ 6. He bought a new pair of shoes, and an elegant piece of
furniture.
My cousin gave his fine pair of horses for a poor tract of land.
_Note_ 7. The contradictions of impiety are still more
incomprehensible.
It is the most uncertain way that can be devised.
This is a more perfect model than I ever saw before.
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