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 12
... continually found fault with " ; " He is easily aggravated [ irritated ] . " To aggravate means to make worse , to heighten . We therefore very properly speak of aggravating circumstances . To say of a person that he is aggravated is as ...
... continually found fault with " ; " He is easily aggravated [ irritated ] . " To aggravate means to make worse , to heighten . We therefore very properly speak of aggravating circumstances . To say of a person that he is aggravated is as ...
Sayfa 39
... Continually . See PERPETUALLY . Continue on . The on in this phrase is generally super- fluous . " We continued on our way " is idiomatic English , and is more euphonious than the sentence would be with- out the particle . The meaning ...
... Continually . See PERPETUALLY . Continue on . The on in this phrase is generally super- fluous . " We continued on our way " is idiomatic English , and is more euphonious than the sentence would be with- out the particle . The meaning ...
Sayfa 79
... continually used for haste and hasten . Hurry implies not only haste , but haste with con- fusion , flurry ; while haste implies only rapidity of action , an eager desire to make progress , and , unlike hurry , is not incompatible with ...
... continually used for haste and hasten . Hurry implies not only haste , but haste with con- fusion , flurry ; while haste implies only rapidity of action , an eager desire to make progress , and , unlike hurry , is not incompatible with ...
Sayfa 133
... continually lands writers in difficulties . English idiom requires that , when the pronoun has to be again referred to , it should be used itself a second time . The correct usage is shown by Pope : One may be ashamed to consume half ...
... continually lands writers in difficulties . English idiom requires that , when the pronoun has to be again referred to , it should be used itself a second time . The correct usage is shown by Pope : One may be ashamed to consume half ...
Sayfa 139
... word is sometimes misused for continually . Dr. William Mathews , in his " Words , their Use and Abuse , " says : " The Irish are perpetually using shall for will . " Perpetual means never ceasing , THE VERBALIST . 139.
... word is sometimes misused for continually . Dr. William Mathews , in his " Words , their Use and Abuse , " says : " The Irish are perpetually using shall for will . " Perpetual means never ceasing , THE VERBALIST . 139.
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