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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... whole , rather more careful about grammar than are British Of course , however , nobody denies that the language has suffered some bad treatment here as well as abroad . " - Gilbert M. Tucker . British against American Orthoëpy . " The ...
... whole , rather more careful about grammar than are British Of course , however , nobody denies that the language has suffered some bad treatment here as well as abroad . " - Gilbert M. Tucker . British against American Orthoëpy . " The ...
Sayfa 35
... whole , to a more southern type than that of England . In southern latitudes , at least within the temperate zone , articulation is generally much more distinct than in the northern regions . Witness the pronunciation of Spanish ...
... whole , to a more southern type than that of England . In southern latitudes , at least within the temperate zone , articulation is generally much more distinct than in the northern regions . Witness the pronunciation of Spanish ...
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... whole proceeding " ; " Your course , from first to last , is universally deprecated . " But , accord- ing to the authorities , the word really means , to endeavor to avert by prayer ; to pray exemption or deliverance from ; to beg off ...
... whole proceeding " ; " Your course , from first to last , is universally deprecated . " But , accord- ing to the authorities , the word really means , to endeavor to avert by prayer ; to pray exemption or deliverance from ; to beg off ...
Sayfa 69
... whole subject . What- ever may be said of other portions 12 of the New Testa- ment , we think it will be generally admitted that in this Epistle the changes have improved the old 13 translation . They are such as 14 make the English ...
... whole subject . What- ever may be said of other portions 12 of the New Testa- ment , we think it will be generally admitted that in this Epistle the changes have improved the old 13 translation . They are such as 14 make the English ...
Sayfa 71
... whole subject . Whatever may be said of the other parts of the New Testament , we think it will be generally admitted that in this epistle the changes have improved the translation . They make the English text conform more nearly to the ...
... whole subject . Whatever may be said of the other parts of the New Testament , we think it will be generally admitted that in this epistle the changes have improved the translation . They make the English text conform more nearly 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