nteresting.

40. They get a great deal of amusement when he is walking (which
he does every nice day) by whistling in time with his steps.

41. He gave me this book which you see, and I have been able to
get a vast amount of information out of it.

42. It was noticed by everyone that he always behaved well. When
he was in school.

43. The magician was present. And pleased everybody with his
performances.

44. Because he liked music, John was considered an odd fellow, and
his father was dead.

92. COHERENCE. Coherence in the sentence demands that the arrangement
and the construction of the sentence be clear and free from ambiguity.

1. Frame the sentence so that it can have but one possible meaning.

Wrong: He owned several dogs and was greatly troubled with the mange.

Right: He owned several dogs and was greatly troubled _because they
had_ the mange.

Right: He was greatly troubled because several of _his dogs had_
the mange.

2. See that the antecedent of every pronoun is clear and explicit.

Wrong: The dog was bitten on the front _foot which_ has since died.

Right: The _dog, which_ has since died, was bitten on the front foot.

Right: The dog was bitten on the front foot and has since died.

3. See that the word to which each modifier refers is unmistakable.

a. Place every modifying element as near as possible to the word
which it modifies.

Wrong: He was sitting in a chair reading a _book made_ in the mission
style.

Right: He was sitting in a _chair made_ in the mission style and
was reading a book.

Right: He was sitting reading a book in a chair made in the mission
style.

Wrong: The table had been inlaid by his _father, containing_ over
fifteen hundred pieces.

Right: The _table, containing_ over fifteen hundred pieces, had
been inlaid by his father.

Right: The table contained over fifteen hundred pieces and had been
inlaid by his father.

b. Avoid the "squinting construction." By this term is meant the
placing of a clause so that it is impossible to tell whether it
refers to the preceding or succeeding part of the sentence.

Wrong: It would be hard to explain, _if you were to ask me_, what
the trouble was.

Right: If you were to ask me what the trouble was, it would be hard
to explain.

4. Place correlatives so that there can be no doubt as to their
office. _Neither--nor, both--and_, etc., are frequently not placed
next to the expressions they are meant to connect. See Sec