Grammatical Error of Ways

Men commonly couple with their idea of marriage a slight degree at least of sensuality; but every lover, the world over, believes in its inconceivable purity. - Thoreau

meant hugs and kisses

dangling participles

no ring, no mrs.

Author's Note

"If common sense had been consulted, how many marriages would never have taken place; if uncommon or divine sense, how few marriages such as we witness would ever have taken place!" - Thoreau