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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... Recent Exemplifications of False Philology , " and " Modern English , ' Richard Grant White's " Words and Their Uses , " Edward S. Gould's Good English , " 66 ( ( William Mathews ' Words : their Use and 1 PREFATORY NOTE. ...
... Recent Exemplifications of False Philology , " and " Modern English , ' Richard Grant White's " Words and Their Uses , " Edward S. Gould's Good English , " 66 ( ( William Mathews ' Words : their Use and 1 PREFATORY NOTE. ...
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... WHITE . He who has a superlative for everything , wants a meas- ure for the great or small . - LAVATER . Inaccurate writing is generally the expression of inac- curate thinking . - RICHARD GRANT WHITE . To acquire a few tongues is the ...
... WHITE . He who has a superlative for everything , wants a meas- ure for the great or small . - LAVATER . Inaccurate writing is generally the expression of inac- curate thinking . - RICHARD GRANT WHITE . To acquire a few tongues is the ...
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... white horse . " If two horses are meant , it is clear that it should be , " He has a black and a white horse . " See THE . 66 Ability - Capacity . The distinctions between these two words are not always observed by those who use them ...
... white horse . " If two horses are meant , it is clear that it should be , " He has a black and a white horse . " See THE . 66 Ability - Capacity . The distinctions between these two words are not always observed by those who use them ...
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... white for the harvest ' ? Who is not weary of the ding - dong of ' our Zion , ' and the solecism of ' in our midst ' ; and who does not long for a verbal millennium when Christians shall no longer ' feel to take ' and ' grant to give ...
... white for the harvest ' ? Who is not weary of the ding - dong of ' our Zion , ' and the solecism of ' in our midst ' ; and who does not long for a verbal millennium when Christians shall no longer ' feel to take ' and ' grant to give ...
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... White , in his " Words and Their Uses , " " is perverted from its true meaning by most of those who use it . " Con- sider means , to meditate , to deliberate , to reflect , to re- volve in the mind ; and yet it is made to do service for ...
... White , in his " Words and Their Uses , " " is perverted from its true meaning by most of those who use it . " Con- sider means , to meditate , to deliberate , to reflect , to re- volve in the mind ; and yet it is made to do service for ...
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