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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... speaker means to provoke , irritate , or anger . Thus , “ It aggravates [ provokes ] me to be continually found fault with " ; " He is easily aggravated [ irritated ] . " To aggravate means to make worse , to heighten . We therefore ...
... speaker means to provoke , irritate , or anger . Thus , “ It aggravates [ provokes ] me to be continually found fault with " ; " He is easily aggravated [ irritated ] . " To aggravate means to make worse , to heighten . We therefore ...
Sayfa 19
... speaker would convey . to use . Arctics . See RUBBERS . Artist . Of late years this word has been appropriated by the members of so many crafts , that it has wellnigh been despoiled of its meaning . Your cook , your barber , your tailor ...
... speaker would convey . to use . Arctics . See RUBBERS . Artist . Of late years this word has been appropriated by the members of so many crafts , that it has wellnigh been despoiled of its meaning . Your cook , your barber , your tailor ...
Sayfa 22
... speakers , however , generally prefer to use the former . Indeed , there is rarely any good reason for giving the preference to the latter . See also COM- MENCE . Being built . See IS BEING BUILT . Belongings . An old idiomatic ...
... speakers , however , generally prefer to use the former . Indeed , there is rarely any good reason for giving the preference to the latter . See also COM- MENCE . Being built . See IS BEING BUILT . Belongings . An old idiomatic ...
Sayfa 24
... speaker , and is followed by away or off , and thus is opposed to bring and fetch . Yet one hears such expressions as , " Go to Mrs. D.'s and bring her this bundle ; and here , you may fetch her this book also . " We use the words ...
... speaker , and is followed by away or off , and thus is opposed to bring and fetch . Yet one hears such expressions as , " Go to Mrs. D.'s and bring her this bundle ; and here , you may fetch her this book also . " We use the words ...
Sayfa 31
... speakers , that they are more energetic than the other form , and that they lead to no ambiguity , it may be doubted whether grammarians have not exceeded their province in condemning them . " Cobbett , in writing of the pronouns , says ...
... speakers , that they are more energetic than the other form , and that they lead to no ambiguity , it may be doubted whether grammarians have not exceeded their province in condemning them . " Cobbett , in writing of the pronouns , says ...
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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