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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... mind that " he that uses many words for the explaining of any subject doth , like the cuttle - fish , hide himself in his own ink . " The curious inquirer who sets himself to look for the learning in the book is advised that he will ...
... mind that " he that uses many words for the explaining of any subject doth , like the cuttle - fish , hide himself in his own ink . " The curious inquirer who sets himself to look for the learning in the book is advised that he will ...
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... mind . " The repetition here is not imperative ; it is simply a question of euphony . Sometimes pleonastic : " No stronger and stranger a figure than his is described in our modern history of England . " Not only is the a here ...
... mind . " The repetition here is not imperative ; it is simply a question of euphony . Sometimes pleonastic : " No stronger and stranger a figure than his is described in our modern history of England . " Not only is the a here ...
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... mind , Contented not till earth be left behind . " In the following extract from Johnson's Life of Pope , in- dividual peculiarities are contrasted by means of antitheses : " Of genius - that power which constitutes a poet THE VERBALIST .
... mind , Contented not till earth be left behind . " In the following extract from Johnson's Life of Pope , in- dividual peculiarities are contrasted by means of antitheses : " Of genius - that power which constitutes a poet THE VERBALIST .
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... mind could supply at call or gather in one excursion was all that he sought and all that he gave . The dilatory ... Mind . See EQUANIMITY OF MIND . Anxious . This word is very often used when desirous would better express the meaning ...
... mind could supply at call or gather in one excursion was all that he sought and all that he gave . The dilatory ... Mind . See EQUANIMITY OF MIND . Anxious . This word is very often used when desirous would better express the meaning ...
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... mind - it is the mind's first effort - while to comprehend is fully to under- stand . We are dull or quick of apprehension . Children apprehend much that they do not comprehend . Trench says , " We apprehend many truths which [ that ] ...
... mind - it is the mind's first effort - while to comprehend is fully to under- stand . We are dull or quick of apprehension . Children apprehend much that they do not comprehend . Trench says , " We apprehend many truths which [ that ] ...
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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