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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... look for the learning in the book is advised that he will best find it in such works as George P. Marsh's " Lectures on the English Language , " Fitzedward Hall's " Recent Exemplifications of False Philology , " and " Modern English ...
... look for the learning in the book is advised that he will best find it in such works as George P. Marsh's " Lectures on the English Language , " Fitzedward Hall's " Recent Exemplifications of False Philology , " and " Modern English ...
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... looks strange , ' ' standing erect . ' “ We have also examples of one adjective qualifying an- other adjective ; as , ' wide open , ' ' red hot , ' ' the pale blue sky . ' Sometimes the corresponding adverb is used , but with a ...
... looks strange , ' ' standing erect . ' “ We have also examples of one adjective qualifying an- other adjective ; as , ' wide open , ' ' red hot , ' ' the pale blue sky . ' Sometimes the corresponding adverb is used , but with a ...
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... looks , words , steps , form the alphabet by which you may spell characters . " - Lavater . Reputation means the estimation in which one is held . One's reputation , then , is what is thought of one's character ; consequently , one may ...
... looks , words , steps , form the alphabet by which you may spell characters . " - Lavater . Reputation means the estimation in which one is held . One's reputation , then , is what is thought of one's character ; consequently , one may ...
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... look at the sentence at all carefully , we find that , though we supply the ellipses in the most charitable manner possible , the sentence really says : " Men would find their mansions more burdened , but would find them with this ...
... look at the sentence at all carefully , we find that , though we supply the ellipses in the most charitable manner possible , the sentence really says : " Men would find their mansions more burdened , but would find them with this ...
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... look , then close the eyes , then look within . " The blundering inan- ity of this kind of writing is equaled only by its bump- tious grandiloquence . On p . 137 Dr. Townsend quotes this wholesome admonition from Coleridge : " If men ...
... look , then close the eyes , then look within . " The blundering inan- ity of this kind of writing is equaled only by its bump- tious grandiloquence . On p . 137 Dr. Townsend quotes this wholesome admonition from Coleridge : " If men ...
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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