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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... the Cockney mode of pronouncing them . Errors are not unfrequently made by omitting to repeat the article in a sentence . It should always be repeated when a noun or an adjective referring to a distinct REESE THE OF LISAA LIS UNIVERSITY ...
... the Cockney mode of pronouncing them . Errors are not unfrequently made by omitting to repeat the article in a sentence . It should always be repeated when a noun or an adjective referring to a distinct REESE THE OF LISAA LIS UNIVERSITY ...
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... sentence , " He has a black and white horse . " If two horses are meant , it is clear that it should be , " He has a black and a white horse . " See THE . 66 Ability - Capacity . The distinctions between these two words are not always ...
... sentence , " He has a black and white horse . " If two horses are meant , it is clear that it should be , " He has a black and a white horse . " See THE . 66 Ability - Capacity . The distinctions between these two words are not always ...
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... sentence awk- ward ; as , ' That is a much better statement of the case than yours , ' instead of , ' That statement of the case is much bet- ter than yours ' ; ' Yours is a larger plot of ground than John's , ' instead of , ' Your plot ...
... sentence awk- ward ; as , ' That is a much better statement of the case than yours , ' instead of , ' That statement of the case is much bet- ter than yours ' ; ' Yours is a larger plot of ground than John's , ' instead of , ' Your plot ...
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... sentences as these , the proper particle to use is clearly to and not and . " " And is sometimes improperly used instead of or ; thus , " It is obvious that a language like the Greek and Latin ( language ? ) , etc. , should be , “ a ...
... sentences as these , the proper particle to use is clearly to and not and . " " And is sometimes improperly used instead of or ; thus , " It is obvious that a language like the Greek and Latin ( language ? ) , etc. , should be , “ a ...
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... sentences as these , likely is the proper word " If you go there , you will be apt to get into trouble . " Here either likely or liable is the proper word , according to the thought the speaker would convey . to use . Arctics . See ...
... sentences as these , likely is the proper word " If you go there , you will be apt to get into trouble . " Here either likely or liable is the proper word , according to the thought the speaker would convey . to use . Arctics . See ...
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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