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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... words for the explaining of any subject doth , like the cuttle - fish , hide him- self in his own ink . " The ... Words and Their Uses , " Edward S. Gould's Good English , " 66 ( ( William Mathews ' Words : their Use and 1 PREFATORY NOTE ...
... words for the explaining of any subject doth , like the cuttle - fish , hide him- self in his own ink . " The ... Words and Their Uses , " Edward S. Gould's Good English , " 66 ( ( William Mathews ' Words : their Use and 1 PREFATORY NOTE ...
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... Words and thoughts are so inseparably connected that an artist in words is necessarily an artist in thoughts.— WILSON FLAGG . It is an invariable maxim that words which add nothing to the sense or to the clearness must diminish the ...
... Words and thoughts are so inseparably connected that an artist in words is necessarily an artist in thoughts.— WILSON FLAGG . It is an invariable maxim that words which add nothing to the sense or to the clearness must diminish the ...
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... word beginning with an as- pirated h , when the accented syllable of the word is the second . For myself , so long as I continue to aspirate the h's in such words as heroic , harangue , and historical , I shall continue to use a before ...
... word beginning with an as- pirated h , when the accented syllable of the word is the second . For myself , so long as I continue to aspirate the h's in such words as heroic , harangue , and historical , I shall continue to use a before ...
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... word may be oc- casionally met with , especially in the newspapers . " A lad was yesterday caught in the act of abortively appro- priating a pair of shoes . ” That is abortive which is un- timely , which has not been borne its full time ...
... word may be oc- casionally met with , especially in the newspapers . " A lad was yesterday caught in the act of abortively appro- priating a pair of shoes . ” That is abortive which is un- timely , which has not been borne its full time ...
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... word advertisement is very justly considered a gross vulgarism . It is doubtful whether it is permissible under any circumstances . Adapt - Dramatize . In speaking and in writing of stage matters , these words are often misused . To ...
... word advertisement is very justly considered a gross vulgarism . It is doubtful whether it is permissible under any circumstances . Adapt - Dramatize . In speaking and in writing of stage matters , these words are often misused . To ...
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