"Copied fair" shows an idiomatic use of an adjective form which
perhaps can be justified, but the combination has given way in these
days to "made a fair copy of."
7. Observe that Franklin uses "pointing" for _punctuation,_
and "printing-house" for _printing-office_.
8. The old idiom "endeavor at improvement" has been changed to
_endeavor to improve,_ or _endeavor to make improvement_.
9. Note how the use of the word _sentiment_ has changed.
We would be more likely to say _ideas_ in a connection like this.
10. For "laid them by," say _laid them away_.
11. For "laid me under . . . . . . necessity" we might say
_compelled me,_ or _made it necessary that I should_.
12. "Amended" is not so common now as _corrected_.
13. For "evading" (attendance at public worship) we should now say
_avoiding_. We "evade" more subtle things than attendance at church.
There are many other slight differences in the use of words which the
student will observe. It would be an excellent exercise to write out,
not only this passage, but a number of others from the Autobiography,
in the most perfect of simple modern English.
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