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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... opinion . Thus , " He allows that he has the finest horse in the country . " Allude . The treatment this word has received is to be . specially regretted , as its misuse has wellnigh robbed it of its true meaning , which is , to ...
... opinion . Thus , " He allows that he has the finest horse in the country . " Allude . The treatment this word has received is to be . specially regretted , as its misuse has wellnigh robbed it of its true meaning , which is , to ...
Sayfa 14
... opinion that the English language is generally better written in England than it is in America . Those who think so are counseled to examine the diction of some of the most noted English critics and essayists , beginning , if they will ...
... opinion that the English language is generally better written in England than it is in America . Those who think so are counseled to examine the diction of some of the most noted English critics and essayists , beginning , if they will ...
Sayfa 34
... opinion , the three possessives are all wrong : ' The kitch- en , too , now begins to give dreadful note of preparation ; not from armorers accomplishing the knights , but from the shopmaid's chopping force - meat , the apprentice's ...
... opinion , the three possessives are all wrong : ' The kitch- en , too , now begins to give dreadful note of preparation ; not from armorers accomplishing the knights , but from the shopmaid's chopping force - meat , the apprentice's ...
Sayfa 39
... opinion of you . " " That does not surprise me , " returned the Doctor ; " all your opinions are contemptible . " What is worthless or weak is contemptible . Despicable is a word that expresses a still more intense degree of the ...
... opinion of you . " " That does not surprise me , " returned the Doctor ; " all your opinions are contemptible . " What is worthless or weak is contemptible . Despicable is a word that expresses a still more intense degree of the ...
Sayfa 50
... opinion with regard to the particle we should use with this verb . Some say they differ with , others that they differ from , their neighbors in opinion . The weight of authority is on the side of always using from , though A may differ ...
... opinion with regard to the particle we should use with this verb . Some say they differ with , others that they differ from , their neighbors in opinion . The weight of authority is on the side of always using from , though A may differ ...
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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