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 43
... asked for the publication of the following laws and principles of speech.3 4 " The author , not seeing sufficient reason for withhold- ing what had been of much practical benefit 5 to himself , consented.6 8 9 " The subject - matter ...
... asked for the publication of the following laws and principles of speech.3 4 " The author , not seeing sufficient reason for withhold- ing what had been of much practical benefit 5 to himself , consented.6 8 9 " The subject - matter ...
Sayfa 67
... asking a favor . Galsome . Here is a good , sonorous Anglo - Saxon word -meaning malignant , venomous , churlish - that has fallen into disuse . Gentleman . Few things are in worse taste than to use the term gentleman , whether in the ...
... asking a favor . Galsome . Here is a good , sonorous Anglo - Saxon word -meaning malignant , venomous , churlish - that has fallen into disuse . Gentleman . Few things are in worse taste than to use the term gentleman , whether in the ...
Sayfa 71
... asked , ' can an error be grammatical ? ' How , it may be replied , can we with propriety say , grammatically incorrect ? Yet we can do so . " No one will question the propriety of saying gram- matically correct . Yet the expression is ...
... asked , ' can an error be grammatical ? ' How , it may be replied , can we with propriety say , grammatically incorrect ? Yet we can do so . " No one will question the propriety of saying gram- matically correct . Yet the expression is ...
Sayfa 73
... asked , " is had do and had go ? " If we transpose the words thus , " You had do better ( to ) go home , " it becomes at once appar- ent , it is asserted , that the proper word to use in connection with rather and better is not had ...
... asked , " is had do and had go ? " If we transpose the words thus , " You had do better ( to ) go home , " it becomes at once appar- ent , it is asserted , that the proper word to use in connection with rather and better is not had ...
Sayfa 75
... asking the spiritual import of every physical object seen ; also by forming the habit of constantly metaphoriz- ing . Knock at the door of anything met which interests , and ask , Who lives here ? ' The process is to look , then close ...
... asking the spiritual import of every physical object seen ; also by forming the habit of constantly metaphoriz- ing . Knock at the door of anything met which interests , and ask , Who lives here ? ' The process is to look , then close ...
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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