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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... English Language , Fitz - Edward Hall's Recent Exem- plifications of False Philology , and Modern English , Richard Grant White's Words and Their Uses , Edward S. Gould's Good English , PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION . William Mathews ' Words : ...
... English Language , Fitz - Edward Hall's Recent Exem- plifications of False Philology , and Modern English , Richard Grant White's Words and Their Uses , Edward S. Gould's Good English , PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION . William Mathews ' Words : ...
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... English , and The Dean's English , Blank's Vulgarisms and Other Errors of Speech , Alexander Bain's English Composition and Rhetoric , Bain's Higher English Grammar , Bain's Composi- tion Grammar , Quackenbos ' Composition and Rhetoric ...
... English , and The Dean's English , Blank's Vulgarisms and Other Errors of Speech , Alexander Bain's English Composition and Rhetoric , Bain's Higher English Grammar , Bain's Composi- tion Grammar , Quackenbos ' Composition and Rhetoric ...
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... English Synonymes . Abortive . An outlandish use of this word may be oc- casionally met with , especially in the newspapers . " A lad was yesterday caught in the act of abortively appro- priating a pair of shoes . " That is abortive ...
... English Synonymes . Abortive . An outlandish use of this word may be oc- casionally met with , especially in the newspapers . " A lad was yesterday caught in the act of abortively appro- priating a pair of shoes . " That is abortive ...
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... English . " The heroes prayed , and Pallas from the skies Accords their vow . " - Pope . The goddess of wisdom , when she granted the prayers of her worshipers , may be said to have accorded ; not so , how- ever , when the clerks of our ...
... English . " The heroes prayed , and Pallas from the skies Accords their vow . " - Pope . The goddess of wisdom , when she granted the prayers of her worshipers , may be said to have accorded ; not so , how- ever , when the clerks of our ...
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... 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 , if they will , with Matthew ...
... 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 , if they will , with Matthew ...
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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