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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... later unabridged editions of Webster's dictionary we find the following remarks con- cerning the use of these two words : " Beside and besides , whether used as prepositions or adverbs , have been con- 22 THE VERBALIST .
... later unabridged editions of Webster's dictionary we find the following remarks con- cerning the use of these two words : " Beside and besides , whether used as prepositions or adverbs , have been con- 22 THE VERBALIST .
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... preposition , with the original meaning by the side of ; as , to sit beside a fountain ; or with the closely allied meaning aside from , or out of ; as , this is beside our present purpose : ' Paul , thou art beside thyself . ' The ...
... preposition , with the original meaning by the side of ; as , to sit beside a fountain ; or with the closely allied meaning aside from , or out of ; as , this is beside our present purpose : ' Paul , thou art beside thyself . ' The ...
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... relatives are placed in the sentence at a distance from their antecedents or verbs or prepositions , the ear gives us no assistance . Who , of all the men in the world , do you " think I saw to - day ? ' ' Who REESE THE OF LIBRARY.
... relatives are placed in the sentence at a distance from their antecedents or verbs or prepositions , the ear gives us no assistance . Who , of all the men in the world , do you " think I saw to - day ? ' ' Who REESE THE OF LIBRARY.
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... prepositions , and relatives drift so far from their moor- ings as to lose themselves , or make attachments where they do not belong . " Again , p . 135 : " Every law of speech en- " forces the statement that there is no excuse for 74 ...
... prepositions , and relatives drift so far from their moor- ings as to lose themselves , or make attachments where they do not belong . " Again , p . 135 : " Every law of speech en- " forces the statement that there is no excuse for 74 ...
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... preposition . The second stage of change , however , namely , when the a was omitted , entailed , in many cases , great danger of confusion . In the early part of the last century , when English was undergoing what was then thought to ...
... preposition . The second stage of change , however , namely , when the a was omitted , entailed , in many cases , great danger of confusion . In the early part of the last century , when English was undergoing what was then thought to ...
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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