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 9
... the adjective in certain instances , yet such forms as ' indifferent well , ' ' extreme bad , ' are gram- matical errors . ' He was interrogated relative to that cir- cumstance , ' should be relatively , or in relation THE VERBALIST . 9.
... the adjective in certain instances , yet such forms as ' indifferent well , ' ' extreme bad , ' are gram- matical errors . ' He was interrogated relative to that cir- cumstance , ' should be relatively , or in relation THE VERBALIST . 9.
Sayfa 31
... relatives are placed in the sentence at a distance from their antecedents or verbs or prepositions , the ear gives us no assistance . Who , of all the men in the world , do you " think I saw to - day ? ' ' Who REESE THE OF LIBRARY.
... relatives are placed in the sentence at a distance from their antecedents or verbs or prepositions , the ear gives us no assistance . Who , of all the men in the world , do you " think I saw to - day ? ' ' Who REESE THE OF LIBRARY.
Sayfa 32
... relative , as , who I saw , to who the office was given , and you see the error at once . But take care ! Whom , of all the men in the world , do you think , was chosen to be sent as an ambassador ? ' Whom , for the sake of his numerous ...
... relative , as , who I saw , to who the office was given , and you see the error at once . But take care ! Whom , of all the men in the world , do you think , was chosen to be sent as an ambassador ? ' Whom , for the sake of his numerous ...
Sayfa 46
... relative those being clergymen , the sentence , it will be perceived , says : " The author has felt . that clergymen more than clergymen of other professions will study this treatise . " Comment on such " art " as Professor Townsend's ...
... relative those being clergymen , the sentence , it will be perceived , says : " The author has felt . that clergymen more than clergymen of other professions will study this treatise . " Comment on such " art " as Professor Townsend's ...
Sayfa 74
... relatives drift so far from their moor- ings as to lose themselves , or make attachments where they do not belong . " Again , p . 135 : " Every law of speech en- " forces the statement that there is no excuse for 74 THE VERBALIST .
... relatives drift so far from their moor- ings as to lose themselves , or make attachments where they do not belong . " Again , p . 135 : " Every law of speech en- " forces the statement that there is no excuse for 74 THE VERBALIST .
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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