254.英文正文（254）

theonlyclassesofwordsthatwerestillallowedtoinflectirregularlywerethepronouns，therelatives，thedemonstrativeadjectives，andtheauxiliaryverbs。***allofthesefollowedtheirancientusage，exceptthatwhomhadbeenscrappedasunnecessary，andtheshall，shouldtenseshadbeendropped，alltheirusesbeingcoveredbywillandwould。therewerealsocertainirregularitiesinword-formationarisingoutoftheneedforrapidandeasyspeech。awordwhichwasdifficulttoutter，orwasliabletobeincorrectlyheard，washeldtobeipsofactoabadword：occasionallytherefore，forthesakeofeuphony，extraletterswereinsertedintoawordoranarchaicformationwasretained。butthisneedmadeitselffeltchieflyinconnexionwiththebvocabulary。whysogreatanimportancewasattachedtoeaseofpronunciationwillbemadeclearlaterinthisessay。

thebvocabulary。

thebvocabularyconsistedofwordswhichhadbeendeliberatelyconstructedforpoliticalpurposes：words，thatistosay，whichnotonlyhadineverycaseapoliticalimplication，butwereintendedtoimposeadesirablementalattitudeuponthepersonusingthem。withoutafullunderstandingoftheprinciplesofingsocitwasdifficulttousethesewordscorrectly。insomecasestheycouidbetranslatedintooldspeak，orevenintowordstakenfromtheavocabulary，butthisusuallydemandedalongparaphraseandalwaysinvolvedthelossofcertainovertones。thebwordswereasortofverbalshorthand，oftenpackingwholerangesofideasintoafewsyllables，andatthesametimemoreaccurateandforciblethanordinarylanguage。