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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... past tense . 66 ' Nearly a week ago he had started from Denver , well mounted , and with a light wagon loaded with his baggage . " Properly , " Nearly a week previously . " See SINCE . Agree . Sometimes misused in the sense of admit ...
... past tense . 66 ' Nearly a week ago he had started from Denver , well mounted , and with a light wagon loaded with his baggage . " Properly , " Nearly a week previously . " See SINCE . Agree . Sometimes misused in the sense of admit ...
Sayfa 13
... past history , or history , is much to be preferred . " What do you know of his history ? " is far better English than " What do you know of his anteced- ents ? " The one is the language of the drawing - room , the other of the bar ...
... past history , or history , is much to be preferred . " What do you know of his history ? " is far better English than " What do you know of his anteced- ents ? " The one is the language of the drawing - room , the other of the bar ...
Sayfa 50
... past ! Those whose life is the shortest live long enough to laugh at one half of it ; the boy despises the infant , the man the boy , the sage both , and the Christian all . " " What a piece of work is man ! how noble in reason ! how ...
... past ! Those whose life is the shortest live long enough to laugh at one half of it ; the boy despises the infant , the man the boy , the sage both , and the Christian all . " " What a piece of work is man ! how noble in reason ! how ...
Sayfa 74
... past participle is often very inelegantly , if not improperly , used thus : " He did not cry out , as some have done , against it , " which should read , “ He did not cry out , as some have , against it " —i . e . , as some have cried ...
... past participle is often very inelegantly , if not improperly , used thus : " He did not cry out , as some have done , against it , " which should read , “ He did not cry out , as some have , against it " —i . e . , as some have cried ...
Sayfa 77
... past participle are respectively ate and eaten . To refined ears the other forms smack of vulgarity , although supported by good authority . " I ate an apple . " " I have eaten dinner . " " John ate supper with me . " " As soon as you ...
... past participle are respectively ate and eaten . To refined ears the other forms smack of vulgarity , although supported by good authority . " I ate an apple . " " I have eaten dinner . " " John ate supper with me . " " As soon as you ...
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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