d in the proper clause.

Exercise.--Rewrite the above five sentences so as to make the proper
grammatical connection in each.

[Sidenote: And who, and which, _etc._]

419. There is another kind of expression which slips into the lines
of even standard authors, but which is always regarded as an oversight
and a blemish.

The following sentence affords an example: "The rich are now engaged
in distributing what remains among the poorer sort, _and who_ are now
thrown upon their compassion." The trouble is that such conjunctions
as _and_, _but_, _or_, etc., should connect expressions of the same
kind: _and who_ makes us look for a preceding _who_, but none is
expressed. There are three ways to remedy the sentence quoted: thus,
(1) "Among those _who_ are poor, _and who_ are now," etc.; (2) "Among
the poorer sort, _who_ are now thrown," etc.; (3) "Among the poorer
sort, now thrown upon their," etc. That is,--

[Sidenote: _Direction for rewriting._]

Express both relatives, or omit the conjunction, or leave out both
connective and relative.

Exercise.

Rewrite the following examples according to the direction just
given:--

[Sidenote: And who.]

1. Hester bestowed all her means on wretches less miserable than
herself, and who not unfrequently insulted the hand that fed
them.--HAWTHORNE.

2. With an albatross perched on his shoulder, and who might be
introduced to the congregation as the immediate organ of his
conversion.--DE QUINCEY.

3. After this came Elizabeth herself, then in the full glow of
what in a sovereign was called beauty, and who would in the
lowest walk of life have been truly judged to possess a noble
figure.--SCOTT.

4. This was a gentleman, once a great favorite of M. le Conte,
and in whom I myself was not a little interested.--THACKERAY.

[Sidenote: But who.]

5. Yonder woman was the wife of a certain learned man, English by
name, but who had long dwelt in Amsterdam.--HAWTHORNE.

6. Dr. Ferguson considered him as a man of a powerful capacity,
but whose mind was thrown off its just bias.--SCOTT.

[Sidenote: Or who.]

7. "What knight so craven, then," exclaims the chivalrous
Venetian, "that he would not have been more than a match for the
stoutest adversary; or who would not have lost his life a
thousand times sooner than return dishonored by the lady of his
love?"--PRESCOTT.

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