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 32
... rule : ' The verb to be has the same case after as before it . ' Macaulay censures the following as a solecism : ' It was him that Horace Wal- pole called a man who never made a bad figure but as an author . ' Thackeray similarly ...
... rule : ' The verb to be has the same case after as before it . ' Macaulay censures the following as a solecism : ' It was him that Horace Wal- pole called a man who never made a bad figure but as an author . ' Thackeray similarly ...
Sayfa 34
... rule of demand creating supply ' : in strictness , ' De- mand's creating supply . ' ' A petition was presented against the license being granted . ' But for the awkward- ness of extending the possessive to impersonal subjects , it would ...
... rule of demand creating supply ' : in strictness , ' De- mand's creating supply . ' ' A petition was presented against the license being granted . ' But for the awkward- ness of extending the possessive to impersonal subjects , it would ...
Sayfa 37
... rule . Commence . The Britons use or misuse this word in a manner peculiar to themselves . They say , for example , " commenced merchant , " " " commenced actor , ' 99 66 commenced politician , " and so on . Dr. Hall tells us that ...
... rule . Commence . The Britons use or misuse this word in a manner peculiar to themselves . They say , for example , " commenced merchant , " " " commenced actor , ' 99 66 commenced politician , " and so on . Dr. Hall tells us that ...
Sayfa 54
... rule has ever been given to guide us in our choice between these two forms of the possessive case . Sometimes it is not ma- terial which form is employed ; where , however , it is ma- terial - and it generally is - we must consider the ...
... rule has ever been given to guide us in our choice between these two forms of the possessive case . Sometimes it is not ma- terial which form is employed ; where , however , it is ma- terial - and it generally is - we must consider the ...
Sayfa 66
... tried " ; hence , he who is desirous to call things by their right names will , as a rule , use the word acquaintance instead of friend . " Your friend " is a favorite and very objectionable way many people , 66 THE VERBALIST .
... tried " ; hence , he who is desirous to call things by their right names will , as a rule , use the word acquaintance instead of friend . " Your friend " is a favorite and very objectionable way many people , 66 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