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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Sayfa 9
... appears clear - clearly . Although there is a propriety in the employment of the adjective in certain instances , yet such forms as ' indifferent well , ' ' extreme bad , ' are gram- matical errors . ' He was interrogated relative to ...
... appears clear - clearly . Although there is a propriety in the employment of the adjective in certain instances , yet such forms as ' indifferent well , ' ' extreme bad , ' are gram- matical errors . ' He was interrogated relative to ...
Sayfa 10
... appear to have been extended to English . " ( 2. ) In the oldest English the adverb was regularly formed from the ... appears in the phrase ' clean gone ' ; ' fæste , fast , ' ' to stick fast . By a false analogy , many adjectives that ...
... appear to have been extended to English . " ( 2. ) In the oldest English the adverb was regularly formed from the ... appears in the phrase ' clean gone ' ; ' fæste , fast , ' ' to stick fast . By a false analogy , many adjectives that ...
Sayfa 18
... Appear . See SEEM . Appreciate . If any word in the language has cause to complain of ill - treatment , this one has . Appreciate means , to estimate justly — to set the true value on men or things , their worth , beauty , or advantages ...
... Appear . See SEEM . Appreciate . If any word in the language has cause to complain of ill - treatment , this one has . Appreciate means , to estimate justly — to set the true value on men or things , their worth , beauty , or advantages ...
Sayfa 70
... appears to have been made , " etc .; read , " appears never to have been made . " 61. " Rather to aspirate more than less " ; should be , " to aspirate more rather than less . " 9. " It is said also only to occur three times , " etc ...
... appears to have been made , " etc .; read , " appears never to have been made . " 61. " Rather to aspirate more than less " ; should be , " to aspirate more rather than less . " 9. " It is said also only to occur three times , " etc ...
Sayfa 86
... appear irreligion . ” — Cam- bridge . Irritate . See AGGRAVATE . Is being built . A tolerable idea of the state of the dis- cussion regarding the propriety of using the locution is being built , and all like expressions , will , it is ...
... appear irreligion . ” — Cam- bridge . Irritate . See AGGRAVATE . Is being built . A tolerable idea of the state of the dis- cussion regarding the propriety of using the locution is being built , and all like expressions , will , it is ...
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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