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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... built . See IS BEING BUILT . Belongings . An old idiomatic expression now coming into use again . Beside - Besides . In the later unabridged editions of Webster's dictionary we find the following remarks con- cerning the use of these ...
... built . See IS BEING BUILT . Belongings . An old idiomatic expression now coming into use again . Beside - Besides . In the later unabridged editions of Webster's dictionary we find the following remarks con- cerning the use of these ...
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... built by the side of the A similar structure built at a right angle with the shore is generally called a pier . Vessels lie at wharves and piers , not at docks . water . Donate . This word , which is defined as meaning to give , to ...
... built by the side of the A similar structure built at a right angle with the shore is generally called a pier . Vessels lie at wharves and piers , not at docks . water . Donate . This word , which is defined as meaning to give , to ...
Sayfa 86
... 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 hoped , be obtained from the following extracts . The Rev. Peter Bullions ...
... 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 hoped , be obtained from the following extracts . The Rev. Peter Bullions ...
Sayfa 87
... built , ' for example , is not a compound of is being and built , but of is and being built ; that is , of the verb to be and the present participle passive . Now , let it be observed that the only verbs in which the present participle ...
... built , ' for example , is not a compound of is being and built , but of is and being built ; that is , of the verb to be and the present participle passive . Now , let it be observed that the only verbs in which the present participle ...
Sayfa 88
... built , " , " " The bridge was being built , " and so forth , it is one of the most absurd and monstrous innovations ever thought of . " The work is now being published , " is cer- tainly no better English than , " The work was being ...
... built , " , " " The bridge was being built , " and so forth , it is one of the most absurd and monstrous innovations ever thought of . " The work is now being published , " is cer- tainly no better English than , " The work was being ...
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