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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Sayfa 9
... verbs might be expected ; as , ' drink deep , ' ' this looks strange , ' ' standing erect . ' “ We have also examples of one adjective qualifying an- other adjective ; as , ' wide open , ' ' red hot , ' ' the pale blue sky . ' Sometimes ...
... verbs might be expected ; as , ' drink deep , ' ' this looks strange , ' ' standing erect . ' “ We have also examples of one adjective qualifying an- other adjective ; as , ' wide open , ' ' red hot , ' ' the pale blue sky . ' Sometimes ...
Sayfa 10
... verb , as with verbs of incomplete predication , ' be- ing , ' ' seeming , ' arriving , ' etc. In the matter seems clear , ' ' clear ' is part of the predicate of ' matter . ' ' They arrived safe ' : ' safe ' does not qualify ' arrived ...
... verb , as with verbs of incomplete predication , ' be- ing , ' ' seeming , ' arriving , ' etc. In the matter seems clear , ' ' clear ' is part of the predicate of ' matter . ' ' They arrived safe ' : ' safe ' does not qualify ' arrived ...
Sayfa 11
... verb , ' stood , ' that seems capable of predicat- ing by itself . Passing strange ' is elliptical : ' passing ( sur- passing ) what is strange . " - Bain . ་ " The comparative adjectives wiser , better , larger , etc. , and the ...
... verb , ' stood , ' that seems capable of predicat- ing by itself . Passing strange ' is elliptical : ' passing ( sur- passing ) what is strange . " - Bain . ་ " The comparative adjectives wiser , better , larger , etc. , and the ...
Sayfa 15
... verb do duty for expect . Anticipate is derived from two Latin words meaning before and to take , and , when properly used , means , to take beforehand ; to go before so as to preclude another ; to get the start or ahead of ; to enjoy ...
... verb do duty for expect . Anticipate is derived from two Latin words meaning before and to take , and , when properly used , means , to take beforehand ; to go before so as to preclude another ; to get the start or ahead of ; to enjoy ...
Sayfa 25
... verbs , I am inclined to think that well - educated Americans conform more closely to grammatical propriety than the corresponding class in England . . . . In general , I think we may say that , in point of naked syntactical accuracy ...
... verbs , I am inclined to think that well - educated Americans conform more closely to grammatical propriety than the corresponding class in England . . . . In general , I think we may say that , in point of naked syntactical accuracy ...
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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