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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... Speech , " Alexander Bain's " English Composition and Rhetoric , " Bain's " Higher English Grammar , " Bain's " Composition Grammar , " Quackenbos ' " Composition and Rhetoric , " John Nichol's " English Composition , " William ...
... Speech , " Alexander Bain's " English Composition and Rhetoric , " Bain's " Higher English Grammar , " Bain's " Composition Grammar , " Quackenbos ' " Composition and Rhetoric , " John Nichol's " English Composition , " William ...
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... Speech , " vol . i , p . 142 , thus : " The laws of harmony low copiousness in parts of a discourse • may al- • • in order that the condensation of other parts may be the more high- ly appreciated . " Apprehend - Comprehend . The ...
... Speech , " vol . i , p . 142 , thus : " The laws of harmony low copiousness in parts of a discourse • may al- • • in order that the condensation of other parts may be the more high- ly appreciated . " Apprehend - Comprehend . The ...
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... speech is given us that we may make ourselves understood , our drawling , however prolonged , is preferable to the nauseous , foggy , mumbling thickness of articulation which characterizes the cockney , and is not unfrequently affected ...
... speech is given us that we may make ourselves understood , our drawling , however prolonged , is preferable to the nauseous , foggy , mumbling thickness of articulation which characterizes the cockney , and is not unfrequently affected ...
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... speech of all classes of society such expressions as ' it was me , ' ' it was him , ' ' it was her , ' more frequently than the prescribed form . * ' ' This shy creature , my brother says , is me ' ; ' were it me , I'd show him the ...
... speech of all classes of society such expressions as ' it was me , ' ' it was him , ' ' it was her , ' more frequently than the prescribed form . * ' ' This shy creature , my brother says , is me ' ; ' were it me , I'd show him the ...
Sayfa 43
... speech.3 4 " The author , not seeing sufficient reason for withhold- ing what had been of much practical benefit 5 to himself , consented.6 8 9 " The subject - matter herein contained is an outgrowth from occasional instructions given ...
... speech.3 4 " The author , not seeing sufficient reason for withhold- ing what had been of much practical benefit 5 to himself , consented.6 8 9 " The subject - matter herein contained is an outgrowth from occasional instructions given ...
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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