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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... hear abortion used in the sense of fail- ure , but never by those who study to express themselves in chaste English . Above . There is little authority for using this word as an adjective or as a noun . Such expressions as " the above ...
... hear abortion used in the sense of fail- ure , but never by those who study to express themselves in chaste English . Above . There is little authority for using this word as an adjective or as a noun . Such expressions as " the above ...
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... hear - is nonsense . " I have great regard for him , " or , " I think a great deal of him , " or , " I hold him in high esteem , " is what we should say . We value , or prize , things highly , not appreciate them highly . This word is ...
... hear - is nonsense . " I have great regard for him , " or , " I think a great deal of him , " or , " I hold him in high esteem , " is what we should say . We value , or prize , things highly , not appreciate them highly . This word is ...
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... hear , to listen to something ; a spectatorium is a place where people assemble to see , to look at something . Those that assem- ble in an auditorium are auditors , and constitute collect < ively an audience ; those that assemble in a ...
... hear , to listen to something ; a spectatorium is a place where people assemble to see , to look at something . Those that assem- ble in an auditorium are auditors , and constitute collect < ively an audience ; those that assemble in a ...
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... hear a superfluous to tacked to a sentence ; thus , " Where have you been to ? " Before . Sometimes absurdly used in the sense of rather than . " Death before madness . " - N . Y. Times . This is like the man that died and made a will ...
... hear a superfluous to tacked to a sentence ; thus , " Where have you been to ? " Before . Sometimes absurdly used in the sense of rather than . " Death before madness . " - N . Y. Times . This is like the man that died and made a will ...
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... hear such expressions as , " We all belong , ' , " " Do you belong , " and the like , meaning , belong to an association of some sort . The only authority for this locution is vulgar usage . Belongings . An old idiomatic expression now ...
... hear such expressions as , " We all belong , ' , " " Do you belong , " and the like , meaning , belong to an association of some sort . The only authority for this locution is vulgar usage . Belongings . An old idiomatic expression now ...
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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