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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... present usage to make the following distinction between them : 1. That beside be used only and always as a preposition , with the original meaning by the side of ; as , to sit beside a fountain ; or with the closely allied meaning aside ...
... present usage to make the following distinction between them : 1. That beside be used only and always as a preposition , with the original meaning by the side of ; as , to sit beside a fountain ; or with the closely allied meaning aside ...
Sayfa 29
... present day think it necessary to adopt a certain cant of manner and phraseology [ and of tone of voice ] as a token to each other [ one another ] ! They improve this and that text , and they must do so and so in a prayerful way ; and ...
... present day think it necessary to adopt a certain cant of manner and phraseology [ and of tone of voice ] as a token to each other [ one another ] ! They improve this and that text , and they must do so and so in a prayerful way ; and ...
Sayfa 34
... present ' : here being would have to be construed as a participle . The pos- sessive construction is , in this case , the primitive and regu- lar construction ; THE OTHER IS A MERE LAPSE . The difficulty of adhering to the possessive ...
... present ' : here being would have to be construed as a participle . The pos- sessive construction is , in this case , the primitive and regu- lar construction ; THE OTHER IS A MERE LAPSE . The difficulty of adhering to the possessive ...
Sayfa 52
... present , etc. , it is not need- ed ; and it should be unceremoniously bowed out , or thrust out , of the seat into which it has , temporarily , intruded . " 66 Done . This past participle is often very inelegantly , if not improperly ...
... present , etc. , it is not need- ed ; and it should be unceremoniously bowed out , or thrust out , of the seat into which it has , temporarily , intruded . " 66 Done . This past participle is often very inelegantly , if not improperly ...
Sayfa 58
... present , however , it is studiously shunned by those who are at all careful in the selection of their language . It is said to be most used in the South . The writer has never seen it anywhere in the North but in the columns of the ...
... present , however , it is studiously shunned by those who are at all careful in the selection of their language . It is said to be most used in the South . The writer has never seen it anywhere in the North but in the columns of the ...
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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