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<head>Constitut. Code</head> | <head>Constitut. Code</head> | ||
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<p>From the several natures of the several<lb/> | <p>From the several natures of the several<lb/> | ||
modes of incorrectness here brought to view, follow the<lb/> | modes of incorrectness here brought to view, follow the<lb/> | ||
natures of the several correspondent modes of amendment,<lb/> | natures of the several correspondent modes of amendment,<lb/> | ||
by which correctness may be substituted to incorrectness.<lb/></p> | |||
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<p>4.Conciseness. This is a quality which belongs<lb/> | <p>4.Conciseness. This is a quality which belongs<lb/> | ||
to any given portion of discourse, in proportion as<lb/> | to any given portion of discourse, in proportion as<lb/> | ||
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idea or say assemblage of ideas meant to be conveyed,<lb/> | idea or say assemblage of ideas meant to be conveyed,<lb/> | ||
that is to say, exempt from the several undesirable<lb/> | that is to say, exempt from the several undesirable<lb/> | ||
qualities above | qualities above indicated, the number of words employed<lb/> | ||
is small, in comparison of the number of<lb/> | is small, in comparison of the number of<lb/> | ||
words, which might naturally have been expected to<lb/> | words, which might naturally have been expected to<lb/> | ||
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number of words employed.<lb/> | number of words employed.<lb/> | ||
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1823. March 5th Constitut. Code
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From the several natures of the several
modes of incorrectness here brought to view, follow the
natures of the several correspondent modes of amendment,
by which correctness may be substituted to incorrectness.
15 14
Conciseness what
4.Conciseness. This is a quality which belongs
to any given portion of discourse, in proportion as
the assemblage of words being supposed adequately
adapted to the conveyance, or say designation, of the
idea or say assemblage of ideas meant to be conveyed,
that is to say, exempt from the several undesirable
qualities above indicated, the number of words employed
is small, in comparison of the number of
words, which might naturally have been expected to
be employed. The idea in question As between two
portions of discourse, by each of which the same ideas
are conveyed, but and with equal aptitude in other
respects, the degree of conciseness is inversely as the
number of words employed.
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