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 Is it not better...to lead a good fashion than to follow a bad one? Anna Sewell (1820-1878)
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Yeah. At least you must try, even if all what you said were not so…
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Daemon wrote:Is it not better...to lead a good fashion than to follow a bad one? Anna Sewell (1820-1878)
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Beat, the preterimperfect tense and participle of to beat, is frequently pronounced in Ireland like bet (wager). If utility were the only object of language, this would certainly be the preferable pronunciation, as nothing tends more to obscurity than verbs which have no different form for their present and past times. Despite of it, the fashion in this, as in many other cases, triumphs over use and propriety. The bet, for the past time and participle of beat, must be religiously avoided.
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Is it not better...to lead a good fashion than to follow a bad one?
Anna Sewell (1820-1878)
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Is it not better...to lead a good fashion than to follow a bad one?
Anna Sewell (1820-1878)
In a contemporary sense, I would say it matters not, for "fashion" today would most likely be referring to the trends in popular clothing – and who really cares? Wear what suits you. But I suspect that in the mid-1800s, Ms. Sewell was probably referring – by "fashion" – to something a little more grandiose and substantial, a little more heady, than what to wear: the custom of behavior, I suspect. And with this sentiment, I wholeheartedly agree. Lead on!
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