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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... sense or to the clearness must diminish the force of the expression . - Campbell . Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are com- monly found together . Obscurity of expression generally springs from confusion of ideas ...
... sense or to the clearness must diminish the force of the expression . - Campbell . Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are com- monly found together . Obscurity of expression generally springs from confusion of ideas ...
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... sense of failure , but never by those who study to express themselves in chaste English . Above . There is little authority for using this word as an adjective . Instead of , " the above statement , " say , " the foregoing statement ...
... sense of failure , but never by those who study to express themselves in chaste English . Above . There is little authority for using this word as an adjective . Instead of , " the above statement , " say , " the foregoing statement ...
Sayfa 13
... sense than that of to speak of , to men- tion , to name , which is a long way from being its legiti- mate signification . This degradation is doubtless a direct outcome of untutored desire to be fine and to use big words . Alone . This ...
... sense than that of to speak of , to men- tion , to name , which is a long way from being its legiti- mate signification . This degradation is doubtless a direct outcome of untutored desire to be fine and to use big words . Alone . This ...
Sayfa 21
... sense under consideration , a person who writes poetry or prose - not a man who writes , but a person who writes . Nothing in either word indicates sex ; and everybody knows that the functions of both poets and authors are common to ...
... sense under consideration , a person who writes poetry or prose - not a man who writes , but a person who writes . Nothing in either word indicates sex ; and everybody knows that the functions of both poets and authors are common to ...
Sayfa 22
... sense of rest , remainder . It properly means the excess of one thing over another , and in this sense and in no other should it be used . Hence it is improper to talk about the balance of the edition , of the evening , of the money ...
... sense of rest , remainder . It properly means the excess of one thing over another , and in this sense and in no other should it be used . Hence it is improper to talk about the balance of the edition , of the evening , of the money ...
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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