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 40
... exists in the use of these words is due largely to an imperfect under- standing of their respective meanings . Crime is the viola- tion of the law of a state ; hence , as the laws of states differ , what is crime in one state may not be ...
... exists in the use of these words is due largely to an imperfect under- standing of their respective meanings . Crime is the viola- tion of the law of a state ; hence , as the laws of states differ , what is crime in one state may not be ...
Sayfa 66
... exist , a breaking up of these vast demesnes into many minor freeholds would no 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 ...
... exist , a breaking up of these vast demesnes into many minor freeholds would no 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 ...
Sayfa 97
... exists , built , would never have been proposed as adequate to convey any but a neuter sense ; whereas it was perfectly ... exist . " " Samuel Richardson writes : ' Jenny , who attends me here , has more than once hinted to me that Miss ...
... exists , built , would never have been proposed as adequate to convey any but a neuter sense ; whereas it was perfectly ... exist . " " Samuel Richardson writes : ' Jenny , who attends me here , has more than once hinted to me that Miss ...
Sayfa 100
... - plement and complement than he recognizes between be and exist . See the extract I have made above , from p . 353. " 66 has its counterpart in some other language ; from the 100 THE VERBALIST . 'minded soul' were roused by been built, ...
... - plement and complement than he recognizes between be and exist . See the extract I have made above , from p . 353. " 66 has its counterpart in some other language ; from the 100 THE VERBALIST . 'minded soul' were roused by been built, ...
Sayfa 101
... exist are , ' to Mr. White's apprehension , ' perfect synonyms , or more nearly perfect , perhaps , than any two verbs in the language . In some of their meanings there is a shade of difference , but in others there is none whatever ...
... exist are , ' to Mr. White's apprehension , ' perfect synonyms , or more nearly perfect , perhaps , than any two verbs in the language . In some of their meanings there is a shade of difference , but in others there is none whatever ...
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