...should be mistress of orthodoxy, that she might not mis-spell, and mis-pronounce words so shamefully as girls usually do; and likewise that she might reprehend...don't think there is a superstitious article in it. Auditors in the theatre catch but fragments of this word-play, but from its profusion enough is grasped...

...should be mistress of orthodoxy, that she might not mis-spell, and mispronounce words so shamefully as girls usually do ; and likewise that she might reprehend the true meaning of what she is saying. Dodgson has an imitation of this which may show, what many of his appreciators seem anxious to deny,...

...should be mistress of orthodoxy, that she might not mis-spell, and mis-pronounce words so shamefully as girls usually do; and likewise that she might reprehend...don't think there is a superstitious article in it. 1 Disputes in the Royal Academy that dealt with such terms were known and discussed outside its membership:...

...mis-spell, and mispronounce words so shamefully as girls usually do; and likewise that she might reprehend9 the true meaning of what she is saying. This, Sir...would have a woman know; and I don't think there is a superstitious10 article in it. COMMENTARY: Sheridan's The Rivals is a comedy of intrigue and mistaken...

...mispronounce words so shamefully as girls usually do; and likewise that she might reprehend (apprehend) the true meaning of what she is saying. This, Sir...woman know; and I don't think there is a superstitious (superfluous) article in it. Mrs Malaprop herself is the best proof of the need of schooling that eighteenth-century...

...would be mistress of orthodoxy, that she might not mis-spell, and mis-pronounce words so shamefully as girls usually do; and likewise that she might reprehend the true meaning of what she is saying. iAct i, scene ili But here it is perhaps as much a matter of competence as of performance. Language...

...should be mistress of orthodoxy, thai she mighl not mis-spell, and mispronounce words so shamefully as girls usually do; and likewise that she might reprehend the true meaning of what she is saying. Richard Sheridan, 1775, The Rivals, I. ii 18:29 What music is more enchanting than the voices of young...

...geometry ie geography. contagious ie contiguous adjoining; orthodoxy ie orthography correct spelling. girls usually do; and likewise that she might reprehend...think there is a superstitious article in it. SIR ANTHONY MRS MALAPROP SIR ANTHONY MRS MALAPROP SIR ANTHONY Well, well, Mrs Malaprop, I will dispute...

...would have her instructed in geometry, that she might know something of the contagious countries... and likewise that she might reprehend the true meaning of what she is saying, (contiguous, comprehend] The user of a malapropism has not fully understood a long word, but makes...