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 55
... woman — even in this democratic country of ours― who deserves the title of gentleman or lady is always a per- son of education ; i . e . , he or she has a sufficient acquaint- ance with books and with the usages of social intercourse to ...
... woman — even in this democratic country of ours― who deserves the title of gentleman or lady is always a per- son of education ; i . e . , he or she has a sufficient acquaint- ance with books and with the usages of social intercourse to ...
Sayfa 67
... woman instead of lady ; further , Miss Snooks would say , " If I were . " Well - bred men , men of culture and refinement - gentlemen , in short- use the terms lady and gentleman comparatively little , and they are especially careful ...
... woman instead of lady ; further , Miss Snooks would say , " If I were . " Well - bred men , men of culture and refinement - gentlemen , in short- use the terms lady and gentleman comparatively little , and they are especially careful ...
Sayfa 110
... woman . Gentlemen and ladies establish their claims to being called such by their bearing , and not by arrogating to themselves , even indirectly , the titles . In England , the title lady is properly correlative to lord ; but there ...
... woman . Gentlemen and ladies establish their claims to being called such by their bearing , and not by arrogating to themselves , even indirectly , the titles . In England , the title lady is properly correlative to lord ; but there ...
Sayfa 111
... woman ; not so , however , with your young woman who , being in a store , is in a better position than ever before . She , Heaven bless her ! boils with indignation if she is not denominated a sales lady . Lady is often the proper term ...
... woman ; not so , however , with your young woman who , being in a store , is in a better position than ever before . She , Heaven bless her ! boils with indignation if she is not denominated a sales lady . Lady is often the proper term ...
Sayfa 112
... woman , he is occasionally a man and oc- casionally a gentleman ; but a man would far oftener term a woman a woman than he would term her a lady . When a man makes use of an adjective in speaking of a lady , he almost invariably calls her a ...
... woman , he is occasionally a man and oc- casionally a gentleman ; but a man would far oftener term a woman a woman than he would term her a lady . When a man makes use of an adjective in speaking of a lady , he almost invariably calls her a ...
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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