“No syllable ought to end in a large number of unaccented syllables, as ‘comparable,’ ‘exquisitely,’ ‘agreeableness.’ It is best to end with a word which accents the last syllable, or any any rate to have the accent only one syllable from the end. In like matter, we must not close the sentence with a large number of unemphatic words. Thus: ‘I will give my own attention to the matter,’ is much feebler than ‘I will give the matter my own attention'” (Broadus, Preparation and Delivery, p. 367).
Have 'Em Delivered
Write to the Editor
Better, but impossibly prolix nonetheless. What about “I will deal with this myself” or “I will handle this”?
I don’t see how that example fits with his proposed rule
Perhaps the quote should start, “No sentence…” Or at least some word other than syllable, for a syllable ending in syllables confuses me.
It’s a transcription error: “No sentence ought to end …”.