The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those who Would Speak and Write with ProprietyD. Appleton, 1881 - 220 sayfa |
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... John Nichol's " English Composition , " William Cobbett's " English Grammar , " Peter Bullions ' " English Grammar , " Goold Brown's " Grammar of Eng- lish Grammars , " Graham's " English Syno- nymes , " Crabb's " English Synonymes ...
... John Nichol's " English Composition , " William Cobbett's " English Grammar , " Peter Bullions ' " English Grammar , " Goold Brown's " Grammar of Eng- lish Grammars , " Graham's " English Syno- nymes , " Crabb's " English Synonymes ...
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... John's , ' instead of , ' Your plot of ground is larger than John's ' ; ' This is a different course of proceeding from what I expected , ' instead of , ' This course of proceeding is different from what I expected ' ; ' I could take no ...
... John's , ' instead of , ' Your plot of ground is larger than John's ' ; ' This is a different course of proceeding from what I expected , ' instead of , ' This course of proceeding is different from what I expected ' ; ' I could take no ...
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... John Bull , " Bunyan's " Pilgrim's Progress , " etc. Fables and parables are short allegories . Allow . This word is frequently misused in the West and South , where it is made to do service for assert or to be of opinion . Thus , " He ...
... John Bull , " Bunyan's " Pilgrim's Progress , " etc. Fables and parables are short allegories . Allow . This word is frequently misused in the West and South , where it is made to do service for assert or to be of opinion . Thus , " He ...
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... John went out with James and I " : say , and me . You are stronger than him " : say , than he . " Between you 66 66 and I " say , and me . " Between you and they " : say , and them . ' He gave it to John and I " : say , and me . " You told ...
... John went out with James and I " : say , and me . You are stronger than him " : say , than he . " Between you 66 66 and I " say , and me . " Between you and they " : say , and them . ' He gave it to John and I " : say , and me . " You told ...
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... John's ( or his , your , etc. ) refusing to go . ' ' I am surprised at John ( or him , you , etc. ) refus- ing to go . ' [ In the latter sentence refusing is a participle . ] The latter construction is not so common with pronouns as ...
... John's ( or his , your , etc. ) refusing to go . ' ' I am surprised at John ( or him , you , etc. ) refus- ing to go . ' [ In the latter sentence refusing is a participle . ] The latter construction is not so common with pronouns as ...
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