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 25
... indicative of want of refinement and elegant culture than those we hear in educated society in England . " - George P. Marsh . British against American Orthoëpy . " The causes of the differences in pronunciation [ between the English ...
... indicative of want of refinement and elegant culture than those we hear in educated society in England . " - George P. Marsh . British against American Orthoëpy . " The causes of the differences in pronunciation [ between the English ...
Sayfa 47
... indicative and ends in the conditional . The words in italics are worse than superfluous . Rewritten : " If the state should attempt to confiscate this increase by means of taxes , either rentals would increase correspondingly , or such ...
... indicative and ends in the conditional . The words in italics are worse than superfluous . Rewritten : " If the state should attempt to confiscate this increase by means of taxes , either rentals would increase correspondingly , or such ...
Sayfa 49
... indicative for the conditional ; 18 , end sentence with the word work ; 19 , introduce also after be ; 20 , in- stead of remain , in the sense of be , use be ; 21 , introduce the after for . As for the last sentence , it reminds one of ...
... indicative for the conditional ; 18 , end sentence with the word work ; 19 , introduce also after be ; 20 , in- stead of remain , in the sense of be , use be ; 21 , introduce the after for . As for the last sentence , it reminds one of ...
Sayfa 84
... Indicative and Subjunctive . " I see the signal , ' is unconditional ; if I see the signal , ' is the same fact ex- pressed in the form of a condition . The one form is said to be in the indicative mood , the mood that simply states or ...
... Indicative and Subjunctive . " I see the signal , ' is unconditional ; if I see the signal , ' is the same fact ex- pressed in the form of a condition . The one form is said to be in the indicative mood , the mood that simply states or ...
Sayfa 182
... indicative forms where the subjunctive might be expected . The tendency appears strongest in the case of ' wert , ' which is now used as indicative ( for ' wast ' ) only in poetical or elevated language . " The following is the rule ...
... indicative forms where the subjunctive might be expected . The tendency appears strongest in the case of ' wert , ' which is now used as indicative ( for ' wast ' ) only in poetical or elevated language . " The following is the rule ...
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adjective adverb American appear authority better built called careful writers clause Cobbett comma common Composition coördinating correct diction doubt Elizabeth Proctor ellipsis English English Language error euphonious example expression Fitzedward Hall frequently friends gentleman give grammar grammarians hear idiom idiomatic imperfect tense improperly incorrect John kind Knights Templars lady language Latin less lish lived matter means meant Metonymy mind misused mood neuter never nice noun object opinion participle passive persons phrase PLEONASM plural possessive preposition present Professor pronoun proper properly propriety qualify reason reference relative reply Rhetoric Richard Grant White rule Sally Brown sense sentence simply singular solecism speak speech style subjunctive subjunctive mood superfluous syllable synonym taste tence tense term thing thou thought tion tive tongue Townsend truth unfrequently usage utter verb vulgar woman word is sometimes