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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... participles as adverbs , as in Southey's lines on Lodore ; the participial epithets applied there , although ... participle retains its force as such , while acting the part of 10 THE VERBALIST . cumstance,' should be relatively ...
... participles as adverbs , as in Southey's lines on Lodore ; the participial epithets applied there , although ... participle retains its force as such , while acting the part of 10 THE VERBALIST . cumstance,' should be relatively ...
Sayfa 33
... participle . ] The latter construction is not so common with pronouns as with nouns , especially with such nouns as do not readily take the possessive form . They prevented him going for- ward ' better , ' They prevented his going ...
... participle . ] The latter construction is not so common with pronouns as with nouns , especially with such nouns as do not readily take the possessive form . They prevented him going for- ward ' better , ' They prevented his going ...
Sayfa 34
... participle . The pos- sessive construction is , in this case , the primitive and regu- lar construction ; THE OTHER ... participles are seldom to be approved . The following ex- ample is manifestly inconsistent with itself ; and , in my ...
... participle . The pos- sessive construction is , in this case , the primitive and regu- lar construction ; THE OTHER ... participles are seldom to be approved . The following ex- ample is manifestly inconsistent with itself ; and , in my ...
Sayfa 52
... participle is often very inelegantly , if not improperly , used thus : " He did not cry out as some have done against it , " which should read , " He did not cry out as some have against it " ; i e . , as some have cried out against it ...
... participle is often very inelegantly , if not improperly , used thus : " He did not cry out as some have done against it , " which should read , " He did not cry out as some have against it " ; i e . , as some have cried out against it ...
Sayfa 55
... participle are respectively ate and eaten . To refined ears the other forms smack of vulgarity , although supported by good authority . “ I ate an apple . ” " I have eaten dinner . " " John ate supper with me . " " As soon as you have ...
... participle are respectively ate and eaten . To refined ears the other forms smack of vulgarity , although supported by good authority . “ I ate an apple . ” " I have eaten dinner . " " John ate supper with me . " " As soon as you have ...
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