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 13
... " means that nothing else can do it — that that , and that only ( not alone ) , can do it . " This means of communication is employed by man alone . " Dr. Quackenbos should have written , " By man only THE VERBALIST . 13.
... " means that nothing else can do it — that that , and that only ( not alone ) , can do it . " This means of communication is employed by man alone . " Dr. Quackenbos should have written , " By man only THE VERBALIST . 13.
Sayfa 25
... employ so classic a diction , as the English . Our taste in language is less fastidious , and our licenses and inaccuracies are more frequently of a character indicative of want of refinement and elegant culture than those we hear in ...
... employ so classic a diction , as the English . Our taste in language is less fastidious , and our licenses and inaccuracies are more frequently of a character indicative of want of refinement and elegant culture than those we hear in ...
Sayfa 37
... employed in the sense of " begin to be , " " become , " " set up as , " by first - class writers , for more than two cen- turies . Careful speakers make small use of commence in any sense ; they prefer to use its Saxon equivalent ...
... employed in the sense of " begin to be , " " become , " " set up as , " by first - class writers , for more than two cen- turies . Careful speakers make small use of commence in any sense ; they prefer to use its Saxon equivalent ...
Sayfa 41
... employ short words when they convey their meaning as well as long ones . Other adjectives of this kind are , moneyed , whiskered , slippered , lettered , talented , cottaged , lilied , anguished , gifted , and so forth . Curious . This ...
... employ short words when they convey their meaning as well as long ones . Other adjectives of this kind are , moneyed , whiskered , slippered , lettered , talented , cottaged , lilied , anguished , gifted , and so forth . Curious . This ...
Sayfa 53
... employ it for this purpose is very common . Dr. Blair , in his 23d Lecture , says : ' It is some- what unfortunate that this Number of the " Spectator " did not end , as it might have done , with the former beau- tiful period . ' That ...
... employ it for this purpose is very common . Dr. Blair , in his 23d Lecture , says : ' It is some- what unfortunate that this Number of the " Spectator " did not end , as it might have done , with the former beau- tiful period . ' That ...
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