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 9
... misused . To adapt a play is to modify its construction with the view of improv- ing its form for representation . Plays translated from one language into another are usually more or less adapted ; i . e . , altered to suit the taste of ...
... misused . To adapt a play is to modify its construction with the view of improv- ing its form for representation . Plays translated from one language into another are usually more or less adapted ; i . e . , altered to suit the taste of ...
Sayfa 12
... misused that its meaning is in- verted . " Wanted to adopt , " in the heading of advertise- ments , not unfrequently is intended to mean that the adver- tiser wishes to be relieved of the care of a child , not that he wishes to assume ...
... misused that its meaning is in- verted . " Wanted to adopt , " in the heading of advertise- ments , not unfrequently is intended to mean that the adver- tiser wishes to be relieved of the care of a child , not that he wishes to assume ...
Sayfa 13
... misused in the West and South , where it is made to do service for assert or to be of opinion . Thus , " He allows that he has the finest horse in the country . " Allude . The treatment this word has received is to be . specially ...
... misused in the West and South , where it is made to do service for assert or to be of opinion . Thus , " He allows that he has the finest horse in the country . " Allude . The treatment this word has received is to be . specially ...
Sayfa 15
... misused in such sentences as , " Her death is hourly anticipated " ; " By this means it is anticipated that the time from Europe will be lessened two days . " Antithesis . A phrase that opposes contraries is called an antithesis . " I ...
... misused in such sentences as , " Her death is hourly anticipated " ; " By this means it is anticipated that the time from Europe will be lessened two days . " Antithesis . A phrase that opposes contraries is called an antithesis . " I ...
Sayfa 19
... misused for likely , and sometimes for liable . " What is he apt to be doing ? " " Where shall I be apt to find him ? " " If properly directed , it will be apt to reach me . " In such sentences as these , likely is the proper word " If ...
... misused for likely , and sometimes for liable . " What is he apt to be doing ? " " Where shall I be apt to find him ? " " If properly directed , it will be apt to reach me . " In such sentences as these , likely is the proper word " If ...
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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