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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... kind . Any . This word is sometimes made to do service for at all . We say properly , " She is not any better " ; but we can not properly say , " She does not see any , " meaning that she is blind . 6 " In Anybody else . " Public School ...
... kind . Any . This word is sometimes made to do service for at all . We say properly , " She is not any better " ; but we can not properly say , " She does not see any , " meaning that she is blind . 6 " In Anybody else . " Public School ...
Sayfa 19
... kind of belief , the having [ of ] the least idea of the presence of a thing . " " " 66 Apt . Often misused for likely , and sometimes for liable . " What is he apt to be doing ? " " Where shall I be apt to find him ? " " If properly ...
... kind of belief , the having [ of ] the least idea of the presence of a thing . " " " 66 Apt . Often misused for likely , and sometimes for liable . " What is he apt to be doing ? " " Where shall I be apt to find him ? " " If properly ...
Sayfa 29
... kind of affectation ; affectation is an effort to sail under false colors ; an effort to sail under false colors is a kind of falsehood ; and falsehood is a term of Latin origin which we often use instead of the stronger Saxon term ...
... kind of affectation ; affectation is an effort to sail under false colors ; an effort to sail under false colors is a kind of falsehood ; and falsehood is a term of Latin origin which we often use instead of the stronger Saxon term ...
Sayfa 30
... kind in the writings of authors of repute . Witness the following : " And everybody is to know him except I . ” — George Meri- deth in " The Tragic Comedies , " Eng . ed . , vol . i , p . 33 . " Let's you and I go " : say , me . We can ...
... kind in the writings of authors of repute . Witness the following : " And everybody is to know him except I . ” — George Meri- deth in " The Tragic Comedies , " Eng . ed . , vol . i , p . 33 . " Let's you and I go " : say , me . We can ...
Sayfa 40
... kind considered together , that in this sense it may be deemed permissible , though the substitution of the word two for it would often materially improve the diction . Courage . See BRAVERY . Crime - Vice - Sin . The confusion that ...
... kind considered together , that in this sense it may be deemed permissible , though the substitution of the word two for it would often materially improve the diction . Courage . See BRAVERY . Crime - Vice - Sin . The confusion that ...
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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