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 8
... clear that it should be , " He has a black and a white horse . " See THE . 66 Ability - Capacity . The distinctions between these two words are not always observed by those who use them . Capacity is the power of receiving and retaining ...
... clear that it should be , " He has a black and a white horse . " See THE . 66 Ability - Capacity . The distinctions between these two words are not always observed by those who use them . Capacity is the power of receiving and retaining ...
Sayfa 9
... clear - clearly . Although there is a propriety in the employment of the adjective in certain instances , yet such forms as ' indifferent well , ' ' extreme bad , ' are gram- matical errors . ' He was interrogated relative to that cir ...
... clear - clearly . Although there is a propriety in the employment of the adjective in certain instances , yet such forms as ' indifferent well , ' ' extreme bad , ' are gram- matical errors . ' He was interrogated relative to that cir ...
Sayfa 10
... clear , ' ' clear ' is part of the predicate of ' matter . ' ' They arrived safe ' : ' safe ' does not qualify ' arrived , ' but goes with it to complete the predicate . So , ' he sat silent , ' he stood firm . ' ' It comes beautiful ...
... clear , ' ' clear ' is part of the predicate of ' matter . ' ' They arrived safe ' : ' safe ' does not qualify ' arrived , ' but goes with it to complete the predicate . So , ' he sat silent , ' he stood firm . ' ' It comes beautiful ...
Sayfa 15
... clearly to and not and . " " And is sometimes improperly used instead of or ; thus , " It is obvious that a language like the Greek and Latin ( language ? ) , etc. , should be , “ a language like the Greek or the Latin " ( language ) ...
... clearly to and not and . " " And is sometimes improperly used instead of or ; thus , " It is obvious that a language like the Greek and Latin ( language ? ) , etc. , should be , “ a language like the Greek or the Latin " ( language ) ...
Sayfa 20
... clear that his diction would have been much less forcible . " I do not wish for any at all " ; " I saw no one at all " ; " If he had any desire at all to see me , he would come where I am . " The at all in sentences like these is ...
... clear that his diction would have been much less forcible . " I do not wish for any at all " ; " I saw no one at all " ; " If he had any desire at all to see me , he would come where I am . " The at all in sentences like these is ...
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