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 17
... vulgar phrase , " says Pro- fessor Mathews , in his " Words : Their Use and Abuse . " " Its use , in any manner , by one who professes to write and speak the English tongue with purity , is unpardonable . " 1 Professor Mathews seems to ...
... vulgar phrase , " says Pro- fessor Mathews , in his " Words : Their Use and Abuse . " " Its use , in any manner , by one who professes to write and speak the English tongue with purity , is unpardonable . " 1 Professor Mathews seems to ...
Sayfa 55
... vulgarity , although supported by good authority . “ I ate an apple . ” " I have eaten dinner . " " John ate supper with me . " " As soon as you have eaten breakfast we will set out . " Editorial . The use of this adjective as a ...
... vulgarity , although supported by good authority . “ I ate an apple . ” " I have eaten dinner . " " John ate supper with me . " " As soon as you have eaten breakfast we will set out . " Editorial . The use of this adjective as a ...
Sayfa 68
... vulgar . It is certainly less employed by gentlemen than by inferior persons . The one speaks of ' a man I know , ' the other of ' a gentleman I know . ' In the one case the gentleman is taken for granted , in the other it seems to need ...
... vulgar . It is certainly less employed by gentlemen than by inferior persons . The one speaks of ' a man I know , ' the other of ' a gentleman I know . ' In the one case the gentleman is taken for granted , in the other it seems to need ...
Sayfa 95
... vulgar . Toward the close of the same century , when , under the influence of free thought , it began to be felt that even ideas had a right to faithful and une- * " Words , ' etc. , p . 340. " " Thomas Fuller writes : At his arrival ...
... vulgar . Toward the close of the same century , when , under the influence of free thought , it began to be felt that even ideas had a right to faithful and une- * " Words , ' etc. , p . 340. " " Thomas Fuller writes : At his arrival ...
Sayfa 111
... vulgar women talk about " us ladies , the ladies of America , ladies ' apparel , " and so on . If a woman of culture and refinement - in short , a lady - is compelled from any cause soever to work in a store , she is quite content to be ...
... vulgar women talk about " us ladies , the ladies of America , ladies ' apparel , " and so on . If a woman of culture and refinement - in short , a lady - is compelled from any cause soever to work in a store , she is quite content to be ...
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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