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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... preferred to agri- culturalist . See CONVERSATIONALIST . Ain't . This can not be called a contraction , and how- ever much it may be employed it will still be only a vul- garism . I'm not is the only possible contraction of I am not ...
... preferred to agri- culturalist . See CONVERSATIONALIST . Ain't . This can not be called a contraction , and how- ever much it may be employed it will still be only a vul- garism . I'm not is the only possible contraction of I am not ...
Sayfa 13
... 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 - room . Anticipate . Lovers of big words ...
... 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 - room . Anticipate . Lovers of big words ...
Sayfa 21
... preferred to are you not or are they not . Unlike " we're , " " you're , " " I'm , " " I'll , " " they'll , " " he'll , " etc. , which are all contractions of the verb only , aren't can hardly be considered good colloquial usage ...
... preferred to are you not or are they not . Unlike " we're , " " you're , " " I'm , " " I'll , " " they'll , " " he'll , " etc. , which are all contractions of the verb only , aren't can hardly be considered good colloquial usage ...
Sayfa 23
... preferred to as though . The very nature of such statements declares their need of a copulative in the connecting word ; the disjunctive is always an enemy to their meaning . " - Anne Balderston . At . " They do things differently in ...
... preferred to as though . The very nature of such statements declares their need of a copulative in the connecting word ; the disjunctive is always an enemy to their meaning . " - Anne Balderston . At . " They do things differently in ...
Sayfa 37
... preferred . See WHAT . Bulk . Though sanctioned by the dictionaries , the use of this word in the sense of the main mass , the majority , the greater part , is not considered by careful writers as being good diction . " There was a ...
... preferred . See WHAT . Bulk . Though sanctioned by the dictionaries , the use of this word in the sense of the main mass , the majority , the greater part , is not considered by careful writers as being good diction . " There was a ...
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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