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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... reason ; this the soul delights . Talent from sober judgment takes its birth , And reconciles the pinion to the earth ; Genius unsettles with desires the mind , Contented not till earth be left behind . ” In the following extract from ...
... reason ; this the soul delights . Talent from sober judgment takes its birth , And reconciles the pinion to the earth ; Genius unsettles with desires the mind , Contented not till earth be left behind . ” In the following extract from ...
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... reason for ex- cluding it from any noun that indicates a person ; and the next editions of our dictionaries may be made complete by the addition of writress , officeress , manageress , superintend- entess , secretaryess , treasureress ...
... reason for ex- cluding it from any noun that indicates a person ; and the next editions of our dictionaries may be made complete by the addition of writress , officeress , manageress , superintend- entess , secretaryess , treasureress ...
Sayfa 22
... reason for giving the preference to the latter . See also COM- MENCE . Being built . See IS BEING BUILT . Belongings . An old idiomatic expression now coming into use again . Beside - Besides . In the later unabridged editions of ...
... reason for giving the preference to the latter . See also COM- MENCE . Being built . See IS BEING BUILT . Belongings . An old idiomatic expression now coming into use again . Beside - Besides . In the later unabridged editions of ...
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... reason to think that cli- mate is affecting our articulation . In spite of the coldness of our winters , our flora shows that the climate of even our Northern States belongs , upon the whole , to a more south- ern type than that of ...
... reason to think that cli- mate is affecting our articulation . In spite of the coldness of our winters , our flora shows that the climate of even our Northern States belongs , upon the whole , to a more south- ern type than that of ...
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... reason for thus using it . When shall we put nouns ( or pronouns ) preceding verbal , or participial , nouns , as they are called by some grammari- ans — infinitives in ing , as they are called by others — in the possessive case ? 666 I ...
... reason for thus using it . When shall we put nouns ( or pronouns ) preceding verbal , or participial , nouns , as they are called by some grammari- ans — infinitives in ing , as they are called by others — in the possessive case ? 666 I ...
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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