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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Sayfa 223
... COMMA . - The chief difference in the punctuation of different writers is usually in their use of the comma , in regard to which there is a good deal of latitude ; much is left to individual taste . Nowadays the best practice uses it ...
... COMMA . - The chief difference in the punctuation of different writers is usually in their use of the comma , in regard to which there is a good deal of latitude ; much is left to individual taste . Nowadays the best practice uses it ...
Sayfa 224
... ordinating relative , consequently we can not tell whether the comma is required or not . Did all the Lusitanians rise , or only a part of them ? the inclosed commas are so closely connected grammatically with the 224 THE VERBALIST .
... ordinating relative , consequently we can not tell whether the comma is required or not . Did all the Lusitanians rise , or only a part of them ? the inclosed commas are so closely connected grammatically with the 224 THE VERBALIST .
Sayfa 226
... comma is used before and after a phrase when co- ordinating and not restrictive . " The jury , having retired for half an hour , brought in a verdict . " " The stranger , unwilling to obtrude himself on our notice , left in the morning ...
... comma is used before and after a phrase when co- ordinating and not restrictive . " The jury , having retired for half an hour , brought in a verdict . " " The stranger , unwilling to obtrude himself on our notice , left in the morning ...
Sayfa 228
... comma from the noun . " ' Every one must love a boy who [ that ] is at- tentive and docile . " " He preaches sublimely who lives a holy life . " " The things which [ that ] are seen are tem- poral . " " A king depending on the support ...
... comma from the noun . " ' Every one must love a boy who [ that ] is at- tentive and docile . " " He preaches sublimely who lives a holy life . " " The things which [ that ] are seen are tem- poral . " " A king depending on the support ...
Sayfa 229
... comma is used to separate adjectives in opposition , but closely connected . ' Though deep , yet clear ; though gentle , yet not dull . " " Liberal , not lavish , is kind Na- ture's hand . " " Though black , yet comely ; and though rash ...
... comma is used to separate adjectives in opposition , but closely connected . ' Though deep , yet clear ; though gentle , yet not dull . " " Liberal , not lavish , is kind Na- ture's hand . " " Though black , yet comely ; and though rash ...
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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