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 11
... better , larger , etc. , and the contrasting adjectives different , other , etc. , are often so placed as to render the construction of the sentence awk- ward ; as , ' That is a much better statement of the case than yours , ' instead ...
... better , larger , etc. , and the contrasting adjectives different , other , etc. , are often so placed as to render the construction of the sentence awk- ward ; as , ' That is a much better statement of the case than yours , ' instead ...
Sayfa 14
... better written in England than it is in America . Those who think so are counseled to examine the diction of some of the most noted English critics and essayists , beginning , if they will , with Matthew Arnold . And . Few vulgarisms ...
... better written in England than it is in America . Those who think so are counseled to examine the diction of some of the most noted English critics and essayists , beginning , if they will , with Matthew Arnold . And . Few vulgarisms ...
Sayfa 16
... better poems . Dryden's performances were always hasty , either excited by some external occasion or extorted by domestic necessity ; he composed without consideration and published without correction . What his mind could supply at ...
... better poems . Dryden's performances were always hasty , either excited by some external occasion or extorted by domestic necessity ; he composed without consideration and published without correction . What his mind could supply at ...
Sayfa 17
... better " ; but we can not properly say , " She does not see any , " meaning that she is blind . 6 " In Anybody else . " Public School Teachers are in- formed that anybody else's is correct . " - " New York Times , " Sunday , July 31 ...
... better " ; but we can not properly say , " She does not see any , " meaning that she is blind . 6 " In Anybody else . " Public School Teachers are in- formed that anybody else's is correct . " - " New York Times , " Sunday , July 31 ...
Sayfa 28
... better pronunciation of other languages than is usual with Englishmen . In any case , as , in spite of the old adage , speech is given us that we may make ourselves understood , our drawling , however prolonged , is preferable to the ...
... better pronunciation of other languages than is usual with Englishmen . In any case , as , in spite of the old adage , speech is given us that we may make ourselves understood , our drawling , however prolonged , is preferable to the ...
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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