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 |
Kitabın içinden
30 sonuçtan 1-5 arası sonuçlar
Sayfa 27
... Avoid . We often see this word , which means to shun , to keep away from , misused in the sense of prevent or hinder , thus : it . " " There shall be no cause of complaint if I can avoid Awful . Persons with only a limited vocabulary at ...
... Avoid . We often see this word , which means to shun , to keep away from , misused in the sense of prevent or hinder , thus : it . " " There shall be no cause of complaint if I can avoid Awful . Persons with only a limited vocabulary at ...
Sayfa 31
... avoid ambiguity . Bound . The use of this word in the sense of doomed , determined , resolved , certain , or will be compelled is a barbar- ism . Not , " He is bound to do it , " but , " He is determined , resolved , or certain to do it ...
... avoid ambiguity . Bound . The use of this word in the sense of doomed , determined , resolved , certain , or will be compelled is a barbar- ism . Not , " He is bound to do it , " but , " He is determined , resolved , or certain to do it ...
Sayfa 33
... avoid the use of many novel- ties invented in that country , such as totalling or totting , hipped , navvy , fad , randomly , outing , and tund . ( b ) We avoid many recent changes in meaning that are accepted by the English , such as ...
... avoid the use of many novel- ties invented in that country , such as totalling or totting , hipped , navvy , fad , randomly , outing , and tund . ( b ) We avoid many recent changes in meaning that are accepted by the English , such as ...
Sayfa 55
... avoid the continual smash . " - Judy . See PERPETUALLY . Conversationist . This word is to be preferred to conversationalist . Mr. Richard Grant White says that con- versationalist and agriculturalist are inadmissible . On the other ...
... avoid the continual smash . " - Judy . See PERPETUALLY . Conversationist . This word is to be preferred to conversationalist . Mr. Richard Grant White says that con- versationalist and agriculturalist are inadmissible . On the other ...
Sayfa 75
... have ceased to proceed . Did not end as it very well might have ended . .. ' This would have been correct , but the doctor wished to avoid the repetition , and thus he • fell into bad grammar . Mr. Speaker , I do THE VERBALIST . 75.
... have ceased to proceed . Did not end as it very well might have ended . .. ' This would have been correct , but the doctor wished to avoid the repetition , and thus he • fell into bad grammar . Mr. Speaker , I do THE VERBALIST . 75.
Diğer baskılar - Tümünü görüntüle
Sık kullanılan terimler ve kelime öbekleri
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