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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Sayfa 18
... possessive case , as , ' any- body else's servant ' ; and some grammarians defend this use of the possessive case , arguing that somebody else is a compound noun . " It is better grammar and more euphoni- ous to consider else as being ...
... possessive case , as , ' any- body else's servant ' ; and some grammarians defend this use of the possessive case , arguing that somebody else is a compound noun . " It is better grammar and more euphoni- ous to consider else as being ...
Sayfa 45
... possessive case ? " I am surprised at John's ( or his , your , etc. ) refusing to go . ' ' I am surprised at John ( or him , you , etc. ) refus- ing to go . ' [ In the latter sentence refusing is a participle . ] The latter construction ...
... possessive case ? " I am surprised at John's ( or his , your , etc. ) refusing to go . ' ' I am surprised at John ( or him , you , etc. ) refus- ing to go . ' [ In the latter sentence refusing is a participle . ] The latter construction ...
Sayfa 46
... possessive form . ' They prevented him going for- ward ' better , ' They prevented his going forward . ' ' He was ... possessive form are OBVIOUSLY DUE TO MERE SLOVEN- LINESS .... ' In case of your being absent ' : here being is an ...
... possessive form . ' They prevented him going for- ward ' better , ' They prevented his going forward . ' ' He was ... possessive form are OBVIOUSLY DUE TO MERE SLOVEN- LINESS .... ' In case of your being absent ' : here being is an ...
Sayfa 76
... possessive case . Sometimes it is not ma- terial which form is employed ; where , however , it is mate- rial - and it commonly is - we must consider the thought we wish to express , and rely on our discrimination . Doubt but . Dramatize ...
... possessive case . Sometimes it is not ma- terial which form is employed ; where , however , it is mate- rial - and it commonly is - we must consider the thought we wish to express , and rely on our discrimination . Doubt but . Dramatize ...
Sayfa 154
... possessive case , and has nothing to do with the action of the sentence . Let us give the sen- tence a turn , and the doctor and the grammarian will hear how it will sound . This gentleman's exertions have done more than any other ...
... possessive case , and has nothing to do with the action of the sentence . Let us give the sen- tence a turn , and the doctor and the grammarian will hear how it will sound . This gentleman's exertions have done more than any other ...
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