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 37
... become , " " set up as , " by first - class writers , for more than two cen- turies . Careful speakers make small use of commence in any sense ; they prefer to use its Saxon equivalent , begin . See , also , BEGIN . 4 Comparison . When ...
... become , " " set up as , " by first - class writers , for more than two cen- turies . Careful speakers make small use of commence in any sense ; they prefer to use its Saxon equivalent , begin . See , also , BEGIN . 4 Comparison . When ...
Sayfa 64
... become well - nigh recrea- tions . " - Ibid . , p . 143. The have been should be were , and the have become should be became . ' Many pronominal ad- verbs are correlatives of each other . " - Harkness's " New Latin Grammar , ” p . 147 ...
... become well - nigh recrea- tions . " - Ibid . , p . 143. The have been should be were , and the have become should be became . ' Many pronominal ad- verbs are correlatives of each other . " - Harkness's " New Latin Grammar , ” p . 147 ...
Sayfa 66
... becomes much more forcible . Again : " The very first effect of the taxation plan would be destructive to the interests of this great multitude [ class ] ; it would im- poverish our innumerable farmers , it would confiscate the earnings ...
... becomes much more forcible . Again : " The very first effect of the taxation plan would be destructive to the interests of this great multitude [ class ] ; it would im- poverish our innumerable farmers , it would confiscate the earnings ...
Sayfa 68
... become al- most vulgar . It is certainly less employed by gentlemen than by inferior persons . The one speaks of ' a man I know , ' the other of ' a gentleman I know . ' In the one case the gentleman is taken for granted , in the other ...
... become al- most vulgar . It is certainly less employed by gentlemen than by inferior persons . The one speaks of ' a man I know , ' the other of ' a gentleman I know . ' In the one case the gentleman is taken for granted , in the other ...
Sayfa 72
... condition to another ; as , to grow dark , to grow weak or strong , to grow faint , etc. But it is doubt- ful whether what is large can properly be said to grow small . In this sense , become would seem to 72 THE VERBALIST .
... condition to another ; as , to grow dark , to grow weak or strong , to grow faint , etc. But it is doubt- ful whether what is large can properly be said to grow small . In this sense , become would seem to 72 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