Some Ill-used WordsD. Appleton, 1901 - 242 sayfa |
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50 cents American antecedent anticipated expected anxious APPLETON AND COMPANY appreciate better Bryan Capable cents China Chinese clause Cloth comma committee commonly construction correct Deemster Democratic Desirous diction edition election ELLEN THORNEYCROFT FOWLER English error example expressed favor former free silver French friends German give given Government grammar Hall Caine haste hurry imperfect tense individual interest Jack Cade labor language latter Li Hung Chang locution look McKinley means ment Miss misuse never noun novel obeyed paper Pecuniary Pekin persons political President probably properly proposal proposition question reader relative pronouns Republican party Richard Croker romance rules sense sentence Standard Dictionary story street success Susceptible tell tense thing thought tion tionary tive to-day trusts Uncle Remus United verb Verbalist vote word writer yesterday York Evening Sun York Sun
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