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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... Write with Propriety Alfred Ayres. edge to practical purposes . Both these faculties are requi- site to form a great ... careful writers . It is better to say , “ the foregoing or preceding statement , or paragraph . " Such ex- pressions ...
... Write with Propriety Alfred Ayres. edge to practical purposes . Both these faculties are requi- site to form a great ... careful writers . It is better to say , “ the foregoing or preceding statement , or paragraph . " Such ex- pressions ...
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... Write with Propriety Alfred Ayres. that is , what was Blank's was adopted by the committee- a correct use of the word ... care of a child , not that he wishes to assume the care of one . Advent . Lovers of the strange and high - sounding ...
... Write with Propriety Alfred Ayres. that is , what was Blank's was adopted by the committee- a correct use of the word ... care of a child , not that he wishes to assume the care of one . Advent . Lovers of the strange and high - sounding ...
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... Write with Propriety Alfred Ayres. " We anticipate what a person is going to say by saying it before him . " - Crabb ... author has carefully refrained from anticipating the biogra- phy that , we trust , will shortly see the light . " - N ...
... Write with Propriety Alfred Ayres. " We anticipate what a person is going to say by saying it before him . " - Crabb ... author has carefully refrained from anticipating the biogra- phy that , we trust , will shortly see the light . " - N ...
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... Write with Propriety Alfred Ayres. Any . This word is sometimes made to do ... writer says : " In such phrases as anybody else , and the like , else is often put ... careful , per- missible in conversation , though incompatible with digni ...
... Write with Propriety Alfred Ayres. Any . This word is sometimes made to do ... writer says : " In such phrases as anybody else , and the like , else is often put ... careful , per- missible in conversation , though incompatible with digni ...
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... Write with Propriety Alfred Ayres. In a negative proposition , so corresponds to as : " This is not so good as that . " Many writers are not careful to make this distinction . As is sometimes very improperly used instead of that : " Not ...
... Write with Propriety Alfred Ayres. In a negative proposition , so corresponds to as : " This is not so good as that . " Many writers are not careful to make this distinction . As is sometimes very improperly used instead of that : " Not ...
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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