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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... intended to serve . For convenience ' sake I have arranged in alphabetical order the subjects treated of , and for economy's sake I have kept in mind that " he that uses many words for the explaining of any subject doth , like the ...
... intended to serve . For convenience ' sake I have arranged in alphabetical order the subjects treated of , and for economy's sake I have kept in mind that " he that uses many words for the explaining of any subject doth , like the ...
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... intended to mean that the adver- tiser wishes to be relieved of the care of a child , not that he wishes to assume the care of one . Advent . Lovers of the strange and high - sounding sometimes use advent instead of the more familiar ...
... intended to mean that the adver- tiser wishes to be relieved of the care of a child , not that he wishes to assume the care of one . Advent . Lovers of the strange and high - sounding sometimes use advent instead of the more familiar ...
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... intended should have contributions from her own sex alone " [ only from her own sex ] . " Such characters exist even in this plain tale , and it is these alone [ only ] , and our kindly readers , we take leave of with regret ...
... intended should have contributions from her own sex alone " [ only from her own sex ] . " Such characters exist even in this plain tale , and it is these alone [ only ] , and our kindly readers , we take leave of with regret ...
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... would better express the meaning intended . Anxious means full of anxiety ; suffering from suspense or uncertainty ; concerned about the future ; solicitous ; 16 THE VERBALIST . "Of genius-that power which constitutes a poet...
... would better express the meaning intended . Anxious means full of anxiety ; suffering from suspense or uncertainty ; concerned about the future ; solicitous ; 16 THE VERBALIST . "Of genius-that power which constitutes a poet...
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... intended in the following sentences : " Not anxious to get to Canada . ” " Mr. S. is not willing to accept [ assume ] the respon- sibility of backing the first production , which is the reason that Mr. O. is anxious to bring out the ...
... intended in the following sentences : " Not anxious to get to Canada . ” " Mr. S. is not willing to accept [ assume ] the respon- sibility of backing the first production , which is the reason that Mr. O. is anxious to bring out 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