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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... adverb is used , but with a different meaning ; as , ' I found the way easy - easily ' ; ' it appears clear - clearly . Although there is a propriety in the employment of the adjective in certain instances , yet such forms as ...
... adverb is used , but with a different meaning ; as , ' I found the way easy - easily ' ; ' it appears clear - clearly . Although there is a propriety in the employment of the adjective in certain instances , yet such forms as ...
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... adverb , became ' clean , ' and appears in the phrase ' clean gone ' ; ' fæste , fast , ' ' to stick fast . By a false analogy , many adjectives that never formed adverbs in -e were freely used as adverbs in the age of Elizabeth ...
... adverb , became ' clean , ' and appears in the phrase ' clean gone ' ; ' fæste , fast , ' ' to stick fast . By a false analogy , many adjectives that never formed adverbs in -e were freely used as adverbs in the age of Elizabeth ...
Sayfa 22
... . In the later unabridged editions of Webster's dictionary we find the following remarks con- cerning the use of these two words : " Beside and besides , whether used as prepositions or adverbs , have been con- 22 THE VERBALIST .
... . In the later unabridged editions of Webster's dictionary we find the following remarks con- cerning the use of these two words : " Beside and besides , whether used as prepositions or adverbs , have been con- 22 THE VERBALIST .
Sayfa 23
... adverbs , have been con- sidered synonymous from an early period of our literature , and have been freely interchanged by our best writers . There is , however , a tendency in present usage to make the following distinction between them ...
... adverbs , have been con- sidered synonymous from an early period of our literature , and have been freely interchanged by our best writers . There is , however , a tendency in present usage to make the following distinction between them ...
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... adverb is misused in the South in a manner that is very apt to excite the risibility of one to whom the peculiar misuse is new . The writer recently visited the upper part of New York with a distinguished Southern poet and journalist ...
... adverb is misused in the South in a manner that is very apt to excite the risibility of one to whom the peculiar misuse is new . The writer recently visited the upper part of New York with a distinguished Southern poet and journalist ...
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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