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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... according to the thought the speaker would convey . to use . Arctics . See RUBBERS . Artist . Of late years this word has been appropriated by the members of so many crafts , that it has wellnigh been despoiled of its meaning . Your ...
... according to the thought the speaker would convey . to use . Arctics . See RUBBERS . Artist . Of late years this word has been appropriated by the members of so many crafts , that it has wellnigh been despoiled of its meaning . Your ...
Sayfa 33
... according to all French grammarians , is very often in the nominative case . Moi is in the nominative case when used in reply to " Who is there ? " and also in the phrase " C'est moi , " which makes " It is 7 " the correct translation ...
... according to all French grammarians , is very often in the nominative case . Moi is in the nominative case when used in reply to " Who is there ? " and also in the phrase " C'est moi , " which makes " It is 7 " the correct translation ...
Sayfa 36
... according to the English idiom , or cherubim and seraphim , according to the Oriental . The former suits better the familiar , the latter the solemn , style . As the words cherubim and seraphim are plural , the terms cherubims and ...
... according to the English idiom , or cherubim and seraphim , according to the Oriental . The former suits better the familiar , the latter the solemn , style . As the words cherubim and seraphim are plural , the terms cherubims and ...
Sayfa 38
... according to his deserts . To use con- dign in the sense of severe is just as incorrect as it would be to use deserved or merited in the sense of severe . Confirmed Invalid . This phrase is a convenient mode of expressing the idea it ...
... according to his deserts . To use con- dign in the sense of severe is just as incorrect as it would be to use deserved or merited in the sense of severe . Confirmed Invalid . This phrase is a convenient mode of expressing the idea it ...
Sayfa 39
... According to Crabb , " There is nothing imperative on the part of those that assemble , or convene , and nothing binding on those assembled , or convened : one assembles , or convenes , by invitation or request ; THE VERBALIST .
... According to Crabb , " There is nothing imperative on the part of those that assemble , or convene , and nothing binding on those assembled , or convened : one assembles , or convenes , by invitation or request ; THE VERBALIST .
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adjective adverb American appear authority better built called careful writers clause Cobbett comma common Composition coördinating correct diction doubt Elizabeth Proctor ellipsis English English Language error euphonious example expression Fitzedward Hall frequently friends gentleman give grammar grammarians hear idiom idiomatic imperfect tense improperly incorrect John kind Knights Templars lady language Latin less lish lived matter means meant Metonymy mind misused mood neuter never nice noun object opinion participle passive persons phrase PLEONASM plural possessive preposition present Professor pronoun proper properly propriety qualify reason reference relative reply Rhetoric Richard Grant White rule Sally Brown sense sentence simply singular solecism speak speech style subjunctive subjunctive mood superfluous syllable synonym taste tence tense term thing thou thought tion tive tongue Townsend truth unfrequently usage utter verb vulgar woman word is sometimes