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Vårterminens engelska skrif prof. 212
8 the delight: too strong an adjective to apply here.
9 to receive : (is contrary to modern usage) should be »of
receiving».
10 fourteen days: may be said, but very unusual.
11 hardly, etc., hardly, etc.: cut out!
12 vacation: Singular alone can be used to express a holiday
period. The plural would mean (if anything) the different holidays
in the year (Easter, Midsummer, etc.).
13 vacancies: cut out!
14 slowness, slackness: cut out!
15 sluggishness: »remissness» is, I consider, the best term here!
16 customary: »habitual» or »normal» best terms.
17 in point of, concerning: cut out.
18 as to: »in the matter of» best.
19 vanquished: (too poetical) cut out!
20 surmounted: generally applied to obstacles, difficulties.
21 that I want: better translated by a past tense »wanted»,
»stood in need of», »required».
22 by my selfish motive, etc.: cut out!
23 council: should be »counsel».
21 your: superfluous and contrary to usage.
25 if my usual si., etc.: cut out!
26 proposes: unusual.
27 intends to move: »intends moving» best.
28 this: »the» more usual than »this» in such a phrase.
29 highly, eagerly: cut out!
30 he wishes very much: should be »he particularly wishes».
31 that his two boys, etc.: should be »his two boys to».
32 come into the school: cut out!
33 get in the school: should be »get into the school».
34 master: a more respectful term to apply to a member of
the staff of a school.
35 he would fain that his t. b. will be admitted into the
school: should be »should be a, »Fain» is only used in poetry or
poetic prose. The whole sentence too stilted and antiquated.
3,J remove: »move» usual and better.
37 before: cut out! »Until» here.
38 in autumn: should be »in the autumn».
39 fit, expedient: cut out!
40 can (may): past tense more in accordance with the English
idiom.
41 As I know: or As I am aware.
42 that: »that» is better omitted.
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