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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... seems from the above " are not sanctioned by careful writers . It is better to say , “ the foregoing or preceding statement , or paragraph . " Such ex- pressions as the above - mentioned , the above referred to , and the above related ...
... seems from the above " are not sanctioned by careful writers . It is better to say , “ the foregoing or preceding statement , or paragraph . " Such ex- pressions as the above - mentioned , the above referred to , and the above related ...
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... seem to be of opinion that the English language is commonly better written in England than it is in America . Those that think so are counseled o examine the diction of some of the most noted English critics and essayists , beginning ...
... seem to be of opinion that the English language is commonly better written in England than it is in America . Those that think so are counseled o examine the diction of some of the most noted English critics and essayists , beginning ...
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... seems to have a special dislike for this colloquialism . It is recognized by the lexicographers , and I think is generally accounted , even by the careful , per- missible in conversation , though incompatible with digni- fied diction ...
... seems to have a special dislike for this colloquialism . It is recognized by the lexicographers , and I think is generally accounted , even by the careful , per- missible in conversation , though incompatible with digni- fied diction ...
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... SEEM . Appreciate . If any word in the language has cause to complain of ill - treatment , this one has . Appreciate means , to estimate justly — to set the true value on men or things , their worth , beauty , or advantages of any sort ...
... SEEM . Appreciate . If any word in the language has cause to complain of ill - treatment , this one has . Appreciate means , to estimate justly — to set the true value on men or things , their worth , beauty , or advantages of any sort ...
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... seems to be unobjectionable . It is much used , and by good writers . At auction . This expression is an Americanism ; in England it is unknown . Johnson says the verb auction means , " to sell by auction " —i . e . , by offering to the ...
... seems to be unobjectionable . It is much used , and by good writers . At auction . This expression is an Americanism ; in England it is unknown . Johnson says the verb auction means , " to sell by auction " —i . e . , by offering to 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