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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... course of proceeding is different from what I expected " ; " I could take no other method of doing it than the one I ... course shall you adopt to get your pay ? " say " What course shall you take ? " etc. Adopt is properly used in a ...
... course of proceeding is different from what I expected " ; " I could take no other method of doing it than the one I ... course shall you adopt to get your pay ? " say " What course shall you take ? " etc. Adopt is properly used in a ...
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... [ courses ] . " The only possible alternative " [ course ] . " The discovery left the court no alternative [ course ] but to pronounce judgment against them . " See EITHER ALTERNATIVE . Always . Often used redundantly . thus , I go to ...
... [ courses ] . " The only possible alternative " [ course ] . " The discovery left the court no alternative [ course ] but to pronounce judgment against them . " See EITHER ALTERNATIVE . Always . Often used redundantly . thus , I go to ...
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... course , however , nobody denies that the language has suffered some bad treatment here as well as abroad . " - Gilbert M. Tucker . British against American Orthoëpy . " The causes of the differences in pronunciation [ between the ...
... course , however , nobody denies that the language has suffered some bad treatment here as well as abroad . " - Gilbert M. Tucker . British against American Orthoëpy . " The causes of the differences in pronunciation [ between the ...
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... course , be strengthened by any cause which produces greater slowness and fullness of articulation . Be- sides the influence of the habit of reading , there is some reason to think that climate is affecting our articulation . In spite ...
... course , be strengthened by any cause which produces greater slowness and fullness of articulation . Be- sides the influence of the habit of reading , there is some reason to think that climate is affecting our articulation . In spite ...
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... course very unjustifiable " ; " I have always considered [ thought ] it my duty , " etc .; “ I consider [ regard or look upon ] him as being the cleverest man of my acquaintance . " Contemptible . This word is sometimes used for con ...
... course very unjustifiable " ; " I have always considered [ thought ] it my duty , " etc .; “ I consider [ regard or look upon ] him as being the cleverest man of my acquaintance . " Contemptible . This word is sometimes used for con ...
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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