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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... phrase ' clean gone ' ; ' fæste , fast , ' ' to stick fast . By a false analogy , many adjectives that never formed adverbs in -e were freely used as adverbs in the age of Elizabeth : ' Thou didst it excellent , ' ' equal ( for equally ) ...
... phrase ' clean gone ' ; ' fæste , fast , ' ' to stick fast . By a false analogy , many adjectives that never formed adverbs in -e were freely used as adverbs in the age of Elizabeth : ' Thou didst it excellent , ' ' equal ( for equally ) ...
Sayfa 15
... phrase that opposes contraries is called an antithesis . " I see a chief who leads my chosen sons , All armed with points , antitheses , and puns . " The following are examples : ' Though gentle , yet THE VERBALIST . 15.
... phrase that opposes contraries is called an antithesis . " I see a chief who leads my chosen sons , All armed with points , antitheses , and puns . " The following are examples : ' Though gentle , yet THE VERBALIST . 15.
Sayfa 17
... phrases as anybody else , and the like , else is often put in the possessive case ; as , anybody else's servant ' ; and ... phrase , " says Pro- fessor Mathews , in his " Words : Their Use and Abuse . " " Its use , in any manner , by one ...
... phrases as anybody else , and the like , else is often put in the possessive case ; as , anybody else's servant ' ; and ... phrase , " says Pro- fessor Mathews , in his " Words : Their Use and Abuse . " " Its use , in any manner , by one ...
Sayfa 20
... phrase is certainly a very convenient one , and seems to be unobjectionable . It is much used , and by good writers . At best . Instead of at best and at worst , we should say at the best and at the worst . At last . See AT LENGTH . At ...
... phrase is certainly a very convenient one , and seems to be unobjectionable . It is much used , and by good writers . At best . Instead of at best and at worst , we should say at the best and at the worst . At last . See AT LENGTH . At ...
Sayfa 21
... phrase is often used instead of at last . " At length we managed to get away " : read , " at last . " " At length we heard from him . " To hear from any one at length is to hear fully ; i . e . , in detail . Authoress . With regard to ...
... phrase is often used instead of at last . " At length we managed to get away " : read , " at last . " " At length we heard from him . " To hear from any one at length is to hear fully ; i . e . , in detail . Authoress . With regard to ...
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