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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... question ; a reply , to an assertion . When we are addressed , we an- swer ; when we are accused , we reply . We ... questions and replied to all your arguments . " A rejoinder is made to a reply . " Who goes there ? " he cried ; and ...
... question ; a reply , to an assertion . When we are addressed , we an- swer ; when we are accused , we reply . We ... questions and replied to all your arguments . " A rejoinder is made to a reply . " Who goes there ? " he cried ; and ...
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... question- able grammar . But , notwithstanding this , " continues Dr. Bain , we certainly hear in the actual speech of all classes of society such expressions as ' it was me , ' ' it was him , ' ' it was her , ' more frequently than the ...
... question- able grammar . But , notwithstanding this , " continues Dr. Bain , we certainly hear in the actual speech of all classes of society such expressions as ' it was me , ' ' it was him , ' ' it was her , ' more frequently than the ...
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... questions that occur re- specting the right management of this case . The observa- tions that have been made show that possessives before participles are seldom to be approved . The following ex- ample is manifestly inconsistent with ...
... questions that occur re- specting the right management of this case . The observa- tions that have been made show that possessives before participles are seldom to be approved . The following ex- ample is manifestly inconsistent with ...
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... question has few things to hate . On page 175 , Dr. Townsend heads a chapter thus : " Art of acquiring Skill in the use of Poetic Speech . " This reminds one of the man who tried to lift himself over " How a fence by taking hold of the ...
... question has few things to hate . On page 175 , Dr. Townsend heads a chapter thus : " Art of acquiring Skill in the use of Poetic Speech . " This reminds one of the man who tried to lift himself over " How a fence by taking hold of the ...
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... question but these arts . . . will greatly aid him , " etc. — Ibid . , p . 130. Should be that . “ Near- ly all who have been distinguished in literature or oratory have made the generous confession that their attain- ments have been ...
... question but these arts . . . will greatly aid him , " etc. — Ibid . , p . 130. Should be that . “ Near- ly all who have been distinguished in literature or oratory have made the generous confession that their attain- ments have been ...
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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