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 |
Kitabın içinden
38 sonuçtan 1-5 arası sonuçlar
Sayfa 18
... Dictionary . Anyhow . " An exceedingly vulgar phrase , " says Pro- fessor Mathews , in his Words : Their Use and Abuse . " Its use in any manner , by one who professes to write and speak the English tongue with purity , is unpardonable ...
... Dictionary . Anyhow . " An exceedingly vulgar phrase , " says Pro- fessor Mathews , in his Words : Their Use and Abuse . " Its use in any manner , by one who professes to write and speak the English tongue with purity , is unpardonable ...
Sayfa 26
... dictionaries may be made complete by the addition of writress , officeress , manageress , superintend- entess , secretaryess , treasureress , walkeress , talkeress , and so on to the end of the vocabulary . " On the other hand , there ...
... dictionaries may be made complete by the addition of writress , officeress , manageress , superintend- entess , secretaryess , treasureress , walkeress , talkeress , and so on to the end of the vocabulary . " On the other hand , there ...
Sayfa 29
... Dictionary we find the following remarks con- cerning the use of these two words : " Beside and besides , whether used as prepositions or [ as ] adverbs , have been con- sidered synonymous from an early period of our literature , and ...
... Dictionary we find the following remarks con- cerning the use of these two words : " Beside and besides , whether used as prepositions or [ as ] adverbs , have been con- sidered synonymous from an early period of our literature , and ...
Sayfa 37
... 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 severe frost in Manitoba , but although the bulk [ greater ...
... 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 severe frost in Manitoba , but although the bulk [ greater ...
Sayfa 41
... Dictionary . “ Anything capable [ susceptible ] of being saved or re- stored is salvable . " - Standard Dictionary . “ We beg [ leave ] to repeat that we require [ need ? ] more articles capable [ susceptible ] of pictorial illustration ...
... Dictionary . “ Anything capable [ susceptible ] of being saved or re- stored is salvable . " - Standard Dictionary . “ We beg [ leave ] to repeat that we require [ need ? ] more articles capable [ susceptible ] of pictorial illustration ...
Diğer baskılar - Tümünü görüntüle
Sık kullanılan terimler ve kelime öbekleri
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