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 9
... considered a gross vulgarism . It is doubtful whether it is permissible under any circumstances . Adapt - Dramatize . In speaking and in writing of stage matters , these words are often misused . To adapt a play is to modify its ...
... considered a gross vulgarism . It is doubtful whether it is permissible under any circumstances . Adapt - Dramatize . In speaking and in writing of stage matters , these words are often misused . To adapt a play is to modify its ...
Sayfa 39
... considered it my duty , " etc .; " I consider him as being the cleverest man of my acquaintance . " Contemptible . This word is sometimes used for con- temptuous . An old story says that a man once said to Dr. Parr , " Sir , I have a ...
... considered it my duty , " etc .; " I consider him as being the cleverest man of my acquaintance . " Contemptible . This word is sometimes used for con- temptuous . An old story says that a man once said to Dr. Parr , " Sir , I have a ...
Sayfa 40
... considered together , that in this sense it may be deemed permissible , though the substitution of the word two for it would often materially improve the diction . Courage . See BRAVERY . Crime - Vice - Sin . The confusion that exists ...
... considered together , that in this sense it may be deemed permissible , though the substitution of the word two for it would often materially improve the diction . Courage . See BRAVERY . Crime - Vice - Sin . The confusion that exists ...
Sayfa 54
... considered exceeds two . Buckle should have written one another and not each other , unless he meant to intimate that the Germans had only two great authors , which is not probable . Eat . Grammarians differ very widely with regard to ...
... considered exceeds two . Buckle should have written one another and not each other , unless he meant to intimate that the Germans had only two great authors , which is not probable . Eat . Grammarians differ very widely with regard to ...
Sayfa 56
... considered separately ; but in this sense each is the better word to use . " Give me either of them " means , Give me the one or the other of two . " He has a farm on either side of the river " would mean that he has two farms , one on ...
... considered separately ; but in this sense each is the better word to use . " Give me either of them " means , Give me the one or the other of two . " He has a farm on either side of the river " would mean that he has two farms , one on ...
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