12) 1908. Author unknown. Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989
...Author unknown In times of stress and strain, people will vote. Author unknown. Attributed to parliamentary debates, Great Britain, 1857. Unverified....

13) Prepositions. Fowler, H. W. 1908. The King's English
...After adjectives and adverbs. Another stroke of palsy soon rendered Sir Sampson unconscious even to the charms of Grizzy's conversation.—S. Ferrier. Being oblivious...

14) Conditionals. Fowler, H. W. 1908. The King's English
...This is a place where as if should not have been used at all. If it is used, the verb should be seemed, not may seem, the full form being as there would be (rumours)....

15) Participles. Fowler, H. W. 1908. The King's English
...Considering the circumstances, you may go. Seeing that it was involuntary, he can hardly be blamed. Roughly speaking, all men are liars. Looking at it in a shortened...

16) Number. Fowler, H. W. 1908. The King's English
...What proof is the inconsistencies?' would be wrong, and 'What proof are &c.?' right. Some sentences in which the subject contains only, a superlative, &c., have the...

17) Case. Fowler, H. W. 1908. The King's English
...Disregard of this is a bad blunder. But to behold her mother—she to whom she owed her being!—S. Ferrier. The complement with am, are, is, &c., should be subjective....

18) Slang. Fowler, H. W. 1908. The King's English
...Asking ourselves this question about Mr. Thurston's play, we find that it has given us a ha'porth of pleasure to an intolerable deal of boredom. With its primary...

19) Formations. Fowler, H. W. 1908. The King's English
...French words and spelling them as English may stand first. With French words that fill a definite blank in English, the time comes when that should be done if it...

20) Americanisms. Fowler, H. W. 1908. The King's English
...Memphis and those mentioned in the last section. A very firm stand ought to be made against placate, transpire, 1 and antagonize, all of which have English patrons....