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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... Errors of Speech , Alexander Bain's English Composition and Rhetoric , Bain's Higher English Grammar , Bain's Composi- tion Grammar , Quackenbos ' Composition and Rhetoric , John Nichol's English Composition , William Cobbett's English ...
... Errors of Speech , Alexander Bain's English Composition and Rhetoric , Bain's Higher English Grammar , Bain's Composi- tion Grammar , Quackenbos ' Composition and Rhetoric , John Nichol's English Composition , William Cobbett's English ...
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... . Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are com- monly found together . Obscurity of expression generally springs from confusion of ideas . — MACAULAY . THE VERBALIST . 64 A. Errors are not infrequently made vi.
... . Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are com- monly found together . Obscurity of expression generally springs from confusion of ideas . — MACAULAY . THE VERBALIST . 64 A. Errors are not infrequently made vi.
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... Errors are not infrequently made by omitting to re- peat the article in a sentence . It should always be repeated before an adjective that qualifies a distinct thing . He has a black and white horse . " If two horses is meant , it is ...
... Errors are not infrequently made by omitting to re- peat the article in a sentence . It should always be repeated before an adjective that qualifies a distinct thing . He has a black and white horse . " If two horses is meant , it is ...
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... error after all . " “ Arthur soon allowed [ admitted ] to Tom that he was a thorough little gentleman , and would get over his shyness all in good time . " " I allow [ admit ] you've provocation for it . " All the same . This locution ...
... error after all . " “ Arthur soon allowed [ admitted ] to Tom that he was a thorough little gentleman , and would get over his shyness all in good time . " " I allow [ admit ] you've provocation for it . " All the same . This locution ...
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... error is that of using ' as though ' for ' as if ' in complex sentences of a certain kind . An attempt to analyze such a sentence brings to light the elliptical clause that the con- struction always involves , and shows at once the ...
... error is that of using ' as though ' for ' as if ' in complex sentences of a certain kind . An attempt to analyze such a sentence brings to light the elliptical clause that the con- struction always involves , and shows at once the ...
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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