Page:The king's English (IA kingsenglish00fowlrich).pdf/330
On the other hand, words placed between the two correlatives are declared by their position not to be common:
Which neither (suits one purpose) (nor the other).—Times. (suits neither...nor)
Not only (against my judgment), (but my inclination).–Richardson.
Not only in the matter of malaria), (but also beriberi).–Times. (In the matter not of malaria only, but of...)
22. The Wrong Turning
It is not very uncommon, on regaining the high road after a divergent clause or phrase, to get confused between the two, and continue quite wrongly the subordinate construction instead of that actually required.
I feel, however, that there never was a time when the people of this country were more ready to believe than they are today, and would openly believe if Christianity, with 'doctrine' subordinated, were presented to them in the most convincing of all forms, viz....—Daily Telegraph. (Would believe is made parallel to they are today; it is really parallel to there never was a time; and we should read and that they would openly believe)
In the face of this statement either proofs should be adduced to show that Coroner Troutbeck has stated facts 'soberly judged', and that they contain 'warrant for the accusation of wholesale' ignorance on the part of a trusted and eminently useful class of the community, or failing this, that the offensive and unjust charge should be withdrawn.–Times. (The charge should be withdrawn is made parallel to Coroner Troutbeck has stated and they contain; it is really parallel to proofs should be adduced; and we should omit that, and read or failing this, the offensive...)
We cannot part from Prof. Bury's work without expressing our unfeigned admiration for his complete control of the original authorities on which his narrative is based, and of the sound critical judgment he exhibits...–Spectator. (The judgment is admired, not controlled)
Sometimes the confusion is not merely of the pen, but is in the writer's thought; and it is then almost incurable.
...the privilege by which the mind, like the lamps of a mailcoach, moving rapidly through the midnight woods, illuminate, for one instant, the foliage or sleeping umbrage of the thickets, and, in the next instant, have quitted them, to carry their radiance forward upon endless successions of objects.–De Quincey.