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 8
... never by those who study to express themselves in chaste English . Above . There is little authority for using this word as an adjective . Instead of , " the above statement , " say , " the foregoing statement . " Above is also used ...
... never by those who study to express themselves in chaste English . Above . There is little authority for using this word as an adjective . Instead of , " the above statement , " say , " the foregoing statement . " Above is also used ...
Sayfa 10
... never formed adverbs in -e were freely used as adverbs in the age of Elizabeth : ' Thou didst it excellent , ' ' equal ( for equally ) good , ' ' excellent well . ' This gives precedent for such errors as those men- tioned above ...
... never formed adverbs in -e were freely used as adverbs in the age of Elizabeth : ' Thou didst it excellent , ' ' equal ( for equally ) good , ' ' excellent well . ' This gives precedent for such errors as those men- tioned above ...
Sayfa 17
... never falls below it . Dryden is read with frequent astonishment , and Pope with perpetual delight . Dryden's page is a natural field , rising into inequalities , and diver- sified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ...
... never falls below it . Dryden is read with frequent astonishment , and Pope with perpetual delight . Dryden's page is a natural field , rising into inequalities , and diver- sified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ...
Sayfa 21
... - entess , secretaryess , treasureress , walkeress , talkeress , and so on to the end of the vocabulary . " Avocation . See VOCATION . Bad cold . Inasmuch as colds are never good , THE VERBALIST . 21 ings. This can not, often at least, ...
... - entess , secretaryess , treasureress , walkeress , talkeress , and so on to the end of the vocabulary . " Avocation . See VOCATION . Bad cold . Inasmuch as colds are never good , THE VERBALIST . 21 ings. This can not, often at least, ...
Sayfa 22
... never good , why say a bad cold ? We may talk about slight colds and severe colds , but not about bad colds . Baggage . See LUGGAGE . Balance . This word is very frequently and very erro- neously used in the sense of rest , remainder ...
... never good , why say a bad cold ? We may talk about slight colds and severe colds , but not about bad colds . Baggage . See LUGGAGE . Balance . This word is very frequently and very erro- neously used in the sense of rest , remainder ...
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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