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 35
... object to the word casualty , and always use its synonym accident . Celebrity . " A number of celebrities witnessed the first representation . " This word is frequently used , es- pecially in the newspapers , as a concrete term ; but it ...
... object to the word casualty , and always use its synonym accident . Celebrity . " A number of celebrities witnessed the first representation . " This word is frequently used , es- pecially in the newspapers , as a concrete term ; but it ...
Sayfa 36
... object of interest to the ad- mirers of clever reasoning " ; " Cobbett's letter . . . very clever , but very mischievous " ; clever a man as ever lived . " 66 66 ' Bonaparte was certainly as Climax . A clause , a sentence , a paragraph ...
... object of interest to the ad- mirers of clever reasoning " ; " Cobbett's letter . . . very clever , but very mischievous " ; clever a man as ever lived . " 66 66 ' Bonaparte was certainly as Climax . A clause , a sentence , a paragraph ...
Sayfa 37
... objects are compared , the comparative and not the superlative degree should be used ; thus , " Mary is the older of the two " ; " John is the stronger of the two " ; " Brown is the THE VERBALIST . 37 is called an anti-climax. Here are ...
... objects are compared , the comparative and not the superlative degree should be used ; thus , " Mary is the older of the two " ; " John is the stronger of the two " ; " Brown is the THE VERBALIST . 37 is called an anti-climax. Here are ...
Sayfa 41
... object to its use on the ground that there can be no such participial adjective , because there is no verb in use from which to form it . We have in use the substantive culture , but , though the dictionaries recog- nize the verb to ...
... object to its use on the ground that there can be no such participial adjective , because there is no verb in use from which to form it . We have in use the substantive culture , but , though the dictionaries recog- nize the verb to ...
Sayfa 44
... object writers usually have in view is to convey thought , not to set their readers to guessing . 7. The outgrowth of would be English . 8. " Occasional instruc- tions " ! Very vague , and well calculated to set the reader to guessing ...
... object writers usually have in view is to convey thought , not to set their readers to guessing . 7. The outgrowth of would be English . 8. " Occasional instruc- tions " ! Very vague , and well calculated to set the reader to guessing ...
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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