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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... doubt , something disagreeably stiff in an anxious and affected conformity to the very letter of or- thography ; and to those accustomed to a more hurried ut- terance we may seem to drawl , when we are only giving a full expression to ...
... doubt , something disagreeably stiff in an anxious and affected conformity to the very letter of or- thography ; and to those accustomed to a more hurried ut- terance we may seem to drawl , when we are only giving a full expression to ...
Sayfa 28
... doubt but he will be here " : read , doubt that . " I should not wonder but " : read , if . " I have no doubt but that he will go " : suppress but . " I do not doubt but that it is true " suppress but . " There can be no doubt but that ...
... doubt but he will be here " : read , doubt that . " I should not wonder but " : read , if . " I have no doubt but that he will go " : suppress but . " I do not doubt but that it is true " suppress but . " There can be no doubt but that ...
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... doubt , however , that from every point of view the preferable forms for the preterite and past participle are respectively ate and eaten . To refined ears the other forms smack of vulgarity , although supported by good authority . “ I ...
... doubt , however , that from every point of view the preferable forms for the preterite and past participle are respectively ate and eaten . To refined ears the other forms smack of vulgarity , although supported by good authority . “ I ...
Sayfa 66
... doubt be a [ of ] very great advantage . " Substitute large for immense , and take out vast , many , and very , and the language becomes much more forcible . Again : " The very first effect of the taxation plan would be destructive to ...
... doubt be a [ of ] very great advantage . " Substitute large for immense , and take out vast , many , and very , and the language becomes much more forcible . Again : " The very first effect of the taxation plan would be destructive to ...
Sayfa 69
... doubt not do , speak of their gowns as being made of fine or coarse silk , cashmere , muslin , or whatever the material may be . Gould against Alford . Mr. Edward S. Gould , in his review of Dean Alford's " Queen's English , " remarks ...
... doubt not do , speak of their gowns as being made of fine or coarse silk , cashmere , muslin , or whatever the material may be . Gould against Alford . Mr. Edward S. Gould , in his review of Dean Alford's " Queen's English , " remarks ...
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