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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... usage , by the use of an improper word , i . e . , a word that is anti- quated or improperly formed . Preventative , enthuse , agri- culturalist , donate , etc. , are barbarisms . See also SOLECISM . Been to . We not unfrequently hear a ...
... usage , by the use of an improper word , i . e . , a word that is anti- quated or improperly formed . Preventative , enthuse , agri- culturalist , donate , etc. , are barbarisms . See also SOLECISM . Been to . We not unfrequently hear a ...
Sayfa 23
... usage to make the following distinction between them : 1. That beside be used only and always as a preposition , with the original meaning by the side of ; as , to sit beside a fountain ; or with the closely allied meaning aside from ...
... usage to make the following distinction between them : 1. That beside be used only and always as a preposition , with the original meaning by the side of ; as , to sit beside a fountain ; or with the closely allied meaning aside from ...
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... usage makes it mean that a thing may be had , or has been sold , at a bargain . Hence , in order to make sure of being understood , it is better to say low - priced , when one means low - priced , than to use the word cheap . What is ...
... usage makes it mean that a thing may be had , or has been sold , at a bargain . Hence , in order to make sure of being understood , it is better to say low - priced , when one means low - priced , than to use the word cheap . What is ...
Sayfa 63
... usage say that it also means to put to death in conformity with a judicial sen- tence ; as , to execute a criminal . Some of our careful speakers , however , maintain that the use of the word in this sense is indefensible . They say ...
... usage say that it also means to put to death in conformity with a judicial sen- tence ; as , to execute a criminal . Some of our careful speakers , however , maintain that the use of the word in this sense is indefensible . They say ...
Sayfa 65
... usage . " Webster in- serts firstly , but remarks , " Improperly used for first . ” Flee - Fly . These verbs , though near of kin , arè not interchangeable . For example , we can not say , " He flew the city , " " He flew from his ...
... usage . " Webster in- serts firstly , but remarks , " Improperly used for first . ” Flee - Fly . These verbs , though near of kin , arè not interchangeable . For example , we can not say , " He flew the city , " " He flew from his ...
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