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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Sayfa 23
... reference to two things , parties , or persons ; among , in reference to a greater number . " Castor and Pollux with one soul between them . " " You have among you many a purchased slave . " Blame it on . Here is a gross vulgarism which ...
... reference to two things , parties , or persons ; among , in reference to a greater number . " Castor and Pollux with one soul between them . " " You have among you many a purchased slave . " Blame it on . Here is a gross vulgarism which ...
Sayfa 40
... reference to the body , or animal frame , in its proper sense ; corporcal , to the animal substance in an extended sense - opposed to spiritual . Corporal punish- ment ; corporeal or material form or substance . " That to corporeal ...
... reference to the body , or animal frame , in its proper sense ; corporcal , to the animal substance in an extended sense - opposed to spiritual . Corporal punish- ment ; corporeal or material form or substance . " That to corporeal ...
Sayfa 63
... reference to what is to come , never to what is past . We can not expect back- ward . Instead , therefore , of saying , " I expect , you thought I would come to see you yesterday , " we should say , “ I suppose , " etc. Experience ...
... reference to what is to come , never to what is past . We can not expect back- ward . Instead , therefore , of saying , " I expect , you thought I would come to see you yesterday , " we should say , “ I suppose , " etc. Experience ...
Sayfa 88
... reference to this it is . flippantly asked , ' What does the house build ? ' ' What does the letter write ? ' etc. - taking for granted , without attempting to prove , that the participle in ing can not have a passive sense in any verb ...
... reference to this it is . flippantly asked , ' What does the house build ? ' ' What does the letter write ? ' etc. - taking for granted , without attempting to prove , that the participle in ing can not have a passive sense in any verb ...
Sayfa 134
... reference is sug- gested , while the vagueness actually remains . " Fenimore Cooper , like Scott , is not very particular ; an example may be quoted : ' Modesty is a poor man's wealth ; but , as we grow substantial in the world ...
... reference is sug- gested , while the vagueness actually remains . " Fenimore Cooper , like Scott , is not very particular ; an example may be quoted : ' Modesty is a poor man's wealth ; but , as we grow substantial in the world ...
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