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 95
... woman is the word that good taste , as well as correctness , demands . Why should woman , any more than man , be confounded with the lower animals of the same sex ? The following are examples of the incorrect use of the word : " He did ...
... woman is the word that good taste , as well as correctness , demands . Why should woman , any more than man , be confounded with the lower animals of the same sex ? The following are examples of the incorrect use of the word : " He did ...
Sayfa 103
... woman instead of lady . Further , Miss Snooks would say , " If I were . " Well - bred men , men of culture and refinement - gentlemen , in short- use the terms lady and gentleman comparatively little , and they are especially careful ...
... woman instead of lady . Further , Miss Snooks would say , " If I were . " Well - bred men , men of culture and refinement - gentlemen , in short- use the terms lady and gentleman comparatively little , and they are especially careful ...
Sayfa 123
... woman I ever [ have ] met . " 66 I never knew [ have known ] anything so provoking " ; better , " I never before have known , " etc. 66 Posterity will say that he [ Cobden ] was one of the most eminent men that ever [ have ] adorned the ...
... woman I ever [ have ] met . " 66 I never knew [ have known ] anything so provoking " ; better , " I never before have known , " etc. 66 Posterity will say that he [ Cobden ] was one of the most eminent men that ever [ have ] adorned the ...
Sayfa 129
... woman , " and like phrases , are grammatical , are per- haps idiomatic , and are certainly defended ; yet the fact remains that they are not good rhetoric . It is doubtful whether in strictness they should ever be used , when de- noting ...
... woman , " and like phrases , are grammatical , are per- haps idiomatic , and are certainly defended ; yet the fact remains that they are not good rhetoric . It is doubtful whether in strictness they should ever be used , when de- noting ...
Sayfa 156
... woman — what an Anglomaniac she'd have to be to call a pitcher of any sort a jug ! Just going to . Instead of " I am just going to go , ” it is better to say , " I am just about to go . " Just next . “ Is not ' next ' sufficiently ...
... woman — what an Anglomaniac she'd have to be to call a pitcher of any sort a jug ! Just going to . Instead of " I am just going to go , ” it is better to say , " I am just about to go . " Just next . “ Is not ' next ' sufficiently ...
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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