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 22
... leave to acknowledge , ” etc. No one I beg to tell you , " instead of , " I beg leave to would say , 66 tell you . " + Begin- Commence . These words have the same meaning ; careful speakers , however , generally prefer to use the former ...
... leave to acknowledge , ” etc. No one I beg to tell you , " instead of , " I beg leave to would say , 66 tell you . " + Begin- Commence . These words have the same meaning ; careful speakers , however , generally prefer to use the former ...
Sayfa 28
... leaves no doubt but that the nomination , " etc. suppress but . " There is no reasonable doubt but that it is all it professes to be " : suppress but . " The mind no sooner entertains any proposition but it presently hastens , " etc ...
... leaves no doubt but that the nomination , " etc. suppress but . " There is no reasonable doubt but that it is all it professes to be " : suppress but . " The mind no sooner entertains any proposition but it presently hastens , " etc ...
Sayfa 35
... leave his character be- hind him , but his reputation — his good name . Cheap . The dictionaries define this adjective as mean- ing , bearing a low price , or to be had at a low price ; but nowadays good usage makes it mean that a thing ...
... leave his character be- hind him , but his reputation — his good name . Cheap . The dictionaries define this adjective as mean- ing , bearing a low price , or to be had at a low price ; but nowadays good usage makes it mean that a thing ...
Sayfa 38
... leave it very incomplete . Condign . It is safe to say that most of those who use this word do not know its meaning , which is , suitable , deserved , merited , proper . " His endeavors shall not lack condign praise " ; i . e . , his ...
... leave it very incomplete . Condign . It is safe to say that most of those who use this word do not know its meaning , which is , suitable , deserved , merited , proper . " His endeavors shall not lack condign praise " ; i . e . , his ...
Sayfa 58
... leave out some of the words necessary to the full expression of our meaning . For example , in dating a letter to - day , we would write , " New York , August 25 , 1881 , " which would be , if fully written out , " I am now writing in ...
... leave out some of the words necessary to the full expression of our meaning . For example , in dating a letter to - day , we would write , " New York , August 25 , 1881 , " which would be , if fully written out , " I am now writing in ...
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