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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... introduced ; take , for example , the sentence , " He has a black and white horse . " If two horses are meant , it is clear that it should be , " He has a black and a white horse . " See THE . 66 Ability - Capacity . The distinctions ...
... introduced ; take , for example , the sentence , " He has a black and white horse . " If two horses are meant , it is clear that it should be , " He has a black and a white horse . " See THE . 66 Ability - Capacity . The distinctions ...
Sayfa 49
... 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 Mendelssohn's Songs without Words , " though here we have , instead of a song ...
... 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 Mendelssohn's Songs without Words , " though here we have , instead of a song ...
Sayfa 69
... introduced to make the writer's intention clear . Hence the familiar form in ' what went ye out for to see ? ' ' they came for to show him the temple . ' " —Bain . 66 Get . In sentences expressing simple possession — as , “ I have got a ...
... introduced to make the writer's intention clear . Hence the familiar form in ' what went ye out for to see ? ' ' they came for to show him the temple . ' " —Bain . 66 Get . In sentences expressing simple possession — as , “ I have got a ...
Sayfa 81
... introduction ; and , though they have been used by some respectable writers , they nevertheless find no favor with those who study propriety in the use of language . To the phrase in the midst no one objects . " Jesus came and stood NIA ...
... introduction ; and , though they have been used by some respectable writers , they nevertheless find no favor with those who study propriety in the use of language . To the phrase in the midst no one objects . " Jesus came and stood NIA ...
Sayfa 82
... introduction of in- correct forms , whether by the coinage of new or the revival of obsolete and inexpressive syntactical combinations , ought to be resisted even in trifles , especially where it leads to the confusion of distinct ideas ...
... introduction of in- correct forms , whether by the coinage of new or the revival of obsolete and inexpressive syntactical combinations , ought to be resisted even in trifles , especially where it leads to the confusion of distinct ideas ...
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