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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... taste of the public before which the translation is to be represented . To dramatize is to change the form of a story from the narrative to the dramatic ; i . e . , to make a drama out of a story . In the first instance , the product of ...
... taste of the public before which the translation is to be represented . To dramatize is to change the form of a story from the narrative to the dramatic ; i . e . , to make a drama out of a story . In the first instance , the product of ...
Sayfa 25
... taste in language is less fastidious , and our licenses and inaccuracies are more frequently of a character indicative of want of refinement and elegant culture than those we hear in educated society in England . " - George P. Marsh ...
... taste in language is less fastidious , and our licenses and inaccuracies are more frequently of a character indicative of want of refinement and elegant culture than those we hear in educated society in England . " - George P. Marsh ...
Sayfa 64
... gallows . ” " 6 Female . The terms male and female are not unfre- quently used where good taste would suggest some other word . For example , we see over the doors of school- houses , " Entrance for males , " " Entrance 64 THE VERBALIST .
... gallows . ” " 6 Female . The terms male and female are not unfre- quently used where good taste would suggest some other word . For example , we see over the doors of school- houses , " Entrance for males , " " Entrance 64 THE VERBALIST .
Sayfa 67
... taste than to use the term gentleman , whether in the singular or plural , to designate the sex . " If I was a gentleman , " says Miss Snooks . " Gentlemen have just as much curiosity as ladies , " says Mrs. Jenkins . " Gentlemen have ...
... taste than to use the term gentleman , whether in the singular or plural , to designate the sex . " If I was a gentleman , " says Miss Snooks . " Gentlemen have just as much curiosity as ladies , " says Mrs. Jenkins . " Gentlemen have ...
Sayfa 88
... taste , than the more complex phraseology which some late writers adopt în its stead ; as , " The books are now being sold . " ' — Goold Brown . As to the notion of introducing a new and more complex passive form of conjugation , as ...
... taste , than the more complex phraseology which some late writers adopt în its stead ; as , " The books are now being sold . " ' — Goold Brown . As to the notion of introducing a new and more complex passive form of conjugation , as ...
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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