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
... Sometimes the corresponding adverb is used , but with a different meaning ; as , ' I found the way easy - easily ' ; ' it appears clear - clearly . Although there is a propriety in the employment of the adjective in certain instances ...
... Sometimes the corresponding adverb is used , but with a different meaning ; as , ' I found the way easy - easily ' ; ' it appears clear - clearly . Although there is a propriety in the employment of the adjective in certain instances ...
Sayfa 12
... sometimes so misused that its meaning is in- verted . " Wanted to adopt , " in the heading of advertise- ments , not unfrequently is intended to mean that the adver- tiser wishes to be relieved of the care of a child , not that he ...
... sometimes so misused that its meaning is in- verted . " Wanted to adopt , " in the heading of advertise- ments , not unfrequently is intended to mean that the adver- tiser wishes to be relieved of the care of a child , not that he ...
Sayfa 13
... sometimes so extended that it makes a volume ; as in the case of Swift's " Tale of a Tub , " Ar- buthnot's " John Bull , " Bunyan's " Pilgrim's Progress , " etc. Fables and parables are short allegories . Allow . This word is frequently ...
... sometimes so extended that it makes a volume ; as in the case of Swift's " Tale of a Tub , " Ar- buthnot's " John Bull , " Bunyan's " Pilgrim's Progress , " etc. Fables and parables are short allegories . Allow . This word is frequently ...
Sayfa 15
... sometimes improperly used instead of or ; thus , " It is obvious that a language like the Greek and Latin ( language ? ) , etc. , should be , “ a language like the Greek or the Latin " ( language ) , etc. There is no such thing as a ...
... sometimes improperly used instead of or ; thus , " It is obvious that a language like the Greek and Latin ( language ? ) , etc. , should be , “ a language like the Greek or the Latin " ( language ) , etc. There is no such thing as a ...
Sayfa 17
... sometimes made to do service for at all . We say properly , " She is not any better " ; but we can not properly say , " She does not see any , " meaning that she is blind . 6 " In Anybody else . " Public School Teachers are in- formed ...
... sometimes made to do service for at all . We say properly , " She is not any better " ; but we can not properly say , " She does not see any , " meaning that she is blind . 6 " In Anybody else . " Public School Teachers are in- formed ...
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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