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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... proper construction . " The employment of adjectives for adverbs is accounted for by the following considerations : " ( 1. ) In the classical languages the neuter adjective may be used as an adverb , and the analogy would appear to have ...
... proper construction . " The employment of adjectives for adverbs is accounted for by the following considerations : " ( 1. ) In the classical languages the neuter adjective may be used as an adverb , and the analogy would appear to have ...
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... proper particle to use is clearly to and not and . " " And is sometimes improperly used instead of or ; thus , " It is obvious that a language like the Greek and Latin ( language ? ) , etc. , should be , “ a language like the Greek or ...
... proper particle to use is clearly to and not and . " " And is sometimes improperly used instead of or ; thus , " It is obvious that a language like the Greek and Latin ( language ? ) , etc. , should be , “ a language like the Greek or ...
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... proper word " If you go there , you will be apt to get into trouble . " Here either likely or liable is the proper word , according to the thought the speaker would convey . to use . Arctics . See RUBBERS . Artist . Of late years this ...
... proper word " If you go there , you will be apt to get into trouble . " Here either likely or liable is the proper word , according to the thought the speaker would convey . to use . Arctics . See RUBBERS . Artist . Of late years this ...
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... proper . See , also , LIKE . Ascribe . See IMPUTE . At . Things are sold by , not at , auction . " The scene is more beautiful at night than by day " : say , " by night . " At all . " It is not strange , for my uncle is King of Denmark ...
... proper . See , also , LIKE . Ascribe . See IMPUTE . At . Things are sold by , not at , auction . " The scene is more beautiful at night than by day " : say , " by night . " At all . " It is not strange , for my uncle is King of Denmark ...
Sayfa 27
... proper names . I might exemplify by citing familiar in- stances ; but , lest that should seem invidious , it may suffice to say that , not to mention more important changes , many a Northern member of Congress goes to Washington a ...
... proper names . I might exemplify by citing familiar in- stances ; but , lest that should seem invidious , it may suffice to say that , not to mention more important changes , many a Northern member of Congress goes to Washington a ...
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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