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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... true this may be in England , it is not at all true in America ; hence we Americans should use a and not an before such h's un- til we decide to ape the Cockney mode of pronouncing them . Errors are not unfrequently made by omitting to ...
... true this may be in England , it is not at all true in America ; hence we Americans should use a and not an before such h's un- til we decide to ape the Cockney mode of pronouncing them . Errors are not unfrequently made by omitting to ...
Sayfa 13
... true meaning , which is , to intimate delicately , to refer│ to without mentioning directly . Allude is now very rarely used in any other sense than that of to speak of , to men- tion , to name , which is a long way from being its ...
... true meaning , which is , to intimate delicately , to refer│ to without mentioning directly . Allude is now very rarely used in any other sense than that of to speak of , to men- tion , to name , which is a long way from being its ...
Sayfa 18
... true value on men or things , their worth , beauty , or advantages of any sort whatsoever . Thus , an overestimate is no more appre- ciation than is an underestimate ; hence it follows that such expressions as , " I appreciate it , or ...
... true value on men or things , their worth , beauty , or advantages of any sort whatsoever . Thus , an overestimate is no more appre- ciation than is an underestimate ; hence it follows that such expressions as , " I appreciate it , or ...
Sayfa 24
... True moral courage is one of the rarest and most admirable of virtues . Alfred the Great , in resisting the attacks of the Danes , displayed bravery ; in entering their camp as a spy , he dis- played courage . Bring - Fetch - Carry ...
... True moral courage is one of the rarest and most admirable of virtues . Alfred the Great , in resisting the attacks of the Danes , displayed bravery ; in entering their camp as a spy , he dis- played courage . Bring - Fetch - Carry ...
Sayfa 28
... true " suppress but . " There can be no doubt but that the burglary is the work of professional cracksmen . " - " New York Herald . " Doubt that , and not but that . " A careful canvass leaves no doubt but that the nomination , " etc ...
... true " suppress but . " There can be no doubt but that the burglary is the work of professional cracksmen . " - " New York Herald . " Doubt that , and not but that . " A careful canvass leaves no doubt but that the nomination , " etc ...
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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