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, 1911 - 337 sayfa |
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... authority for using this word as an adjective or as a noun . Such expressions as " the above statement ' or " it seems from the above " are not sanctioned by careful writers . It is better to say , “ the foregoing or preceding statement ...
... authority for using this word as an adjective or as a noun . Such expressions as " the above statement ' or " it seems from the above " are not sanctioned by careful writers . It is better to say , “ the foregoing or preceding statement ...
Sayfa 11
... authority for saying anything but yere and here , and little authority for saying anything but bin . As the American has no difficulty in aspirating his h's , there is no excuse for his dropping the initial h in polysyllabic words ...
... authority for saying anything but yere and here , and little authority for saying anything but bin . As the American has no difficulty in aspirating his h's , there is no excuse for his dropping the initial h in polysyllabic words ...
Sayfa 14
... authorities and local sanitary health boards had antici- pated by practical work the proclamation issued by the President . " - N . Y. Star . Misused in the sense of expect , thus : " The poetry of Mr. Fawcett , as one might anticipate ...
... authorities and local sanitary health boards had antici- pated by practical work the proclamation issued by the President . " - N . Y. Star . Misused in the sense of expect , thus : " The poetry of Mr. Fawcett , as one might anticipate ...
Sayfa 29
... authority for this locution is vulgar usage . Belongings . An old idiomatic expression now coming into use again . Beside - Besides . In the later unabridged editions of Webster's Dictionary we find the following remarks con- cerning ...
... authority for this locution is vulgar usage . Belongings . An old idiomatic expression now coming into use again . Beside - Besides . In the later unabridged editions of Webster's Dictionary we find the following remarks con- cerning ...
Sayfa 45
... authority of good writers is strong on the side of ob- jective forms . There is also the analogy of the French language ; for while ' I am here ' is je suis ici , the answer to ' who is there ? ' is moi ( me ) ; and c'est moi ( it is me ) ...
... authority of good writers is strong on the side of ob- jective forms . There is also the analogy of the French language ; for while ' I am here ' is je suis ici , the answer to ' who is there ? ' is moi ( me ) ; and c'est moi ( it is me ) ...
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adjective adverb American appears authority better built called careful writers clause Cobbett comma common correct diction Dictionary doubt ellipsis employed England English English language erly error euphonious example expression following sentence frequently gentleman give grammar grammarians Grant White hear idiomatic imperfect tense improperly incorrect intended John kind lady language Latin less live locution look matter means Metonymy mind mood N. Y. Sun never nice noun object old English one's opinion participle passive persons phrase plural preposition present pronoun proper word qualify rarely reference reflexive pronouns relative relative pronouns rhetoric Richard Grant White rule Sally Brown say properly sense simply solecism Sometimes misused speak speakers speech Story subjunctive subjunctive mood superfluous synonym taste tence term thing thou thought tion truth usage verb vulgarism Webster's Dictionary woman word is sometimes York