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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... ] was shown through the building , and the information he de- sired was accorded him . " - Reporters ' English . " The heroes prayed , and Pallas from the skies 8 THE VERBALIST . when a noun or an adjective referring to a distinct ...
... ] was shown through the building , and the information he de- sired was accorded him . " - Reporters ' English . " The heroes prayed , and Pallas from the skies 8 THE VERBALIST . when a noun or an adjective referring to a distinct ...
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... building ; a dry dock is a place where vessels are drawn out of the water for repairs ; a wet dock is a place where vessels are kept afloat at a cer- tain level while they are loaded and unloaded ; a sectional dock is a contrivance for ...
... building ; a dry dock is a place where vessels are drawn out of the water for repairs ; a wet dock is a place where vessels are kept afloat at a cer- tain level while they are loaded and unloaded ; a sectional dock is a contrivance for ...
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... building ' ; ' The garments are making ' ; ' Wheat is selling , ' etc. An attempt has been made by some grammarians , of late , to banish such expressions from the language , though they have been used in all time past by the best ...
... building ' ; ' The garments are making ' ; ' Wheat is selling , ' etc. An attempt has been made by some grammarians , of late , to banish such expressions from the language , though they have been used in all time past by the best ...
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... build ? ' ' What does the letter write ? ' etc. - taking for granted , without attempting to prove , that the ... building .'— Irving . ' An attempt is making in the English parliament .'- D . Webster . The church now erecting in ...
... build ? ' ' What does the letter write ? ' etc. - taking for granted , without attempting to prove , that the ... building .'— Irving . ' An attempt is making in the English parliament .'- D . Webster . The church now erecting in ...
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... building , " " I heard of a plan forming , " etc. - Quoted in Frazee's Grammar , ' p . 49. ' It would be an absurdity , indeed , to give up the only way we have of denoting the incomplete state of action by a passive form ( viz . , by ...
... building , " " I heard of a plan forming , " etc. - Quoted in Frazee's Grammar , ' p . 49. ' It would be an absurdity , indeed , to give up the only way we have of denoting the incomplete state of action by a passive form ( viz . , by ...
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