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 Propriety |
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... Lectures on the English Language , Fitz - Edward Hall's Recent Exemplifications of False Philology , and Modern English , Richard Grant White's Words and Their Uses , Edward S. Gould's Good English , iv PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION .
... Lectures on the English Language , Fitz - Edward Hall's Recent Exemplifications of False Philology , and Modern English , Richard Grant White's Words and Their Uses , Edward S. Gould's Good English , iv PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION .
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RICHARD GRANT WHITE . He who has a superlative for everything , wants a measure for the great or small . — LAVATER . Inaccurate writing is generally the expression of inaccurate thinking . - RICHARD GRANT WHITE . а To acquire a few ...
RICHARD GRANT WHITE . He who has a superlative for everything , wants a measure for the great or small . — LAVATER . Inaccurate writing is generally the expression of inaccurate thinking . - RICHARD GRANT WHITE . а To acquire a few ...
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“ He has a black and white horse . ” If two horses is meant , it is clear that it should be , “ He has a black and a white one . ” “ The creed supposes the coexistence of a benevolent and [ a ] malevolent principle .
“ He has a black and white horse . ” If two horses is meant , it is clear that it should be , “ He has a black and a white one . ” “ The creed supposes the coexistence of a benevolent and [ a ] malevolent principle .
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Who ever attended a missionary meeting without hearing the Macedonian cry , ' and an account of some little interest , ' and ' fields white for the harvest ' ? Who is not weary of the ding - dong of ' our Zion , and the solecism of ' in ...
Who ever attended a missionary meeting without hearing the Macedonian cry , ' and an account of some little interest , ' and ' fields white for the harvest ' ? Who is not weary of the ding - dong of ' our Zion , and the solecism of ' in ...
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“ This word , ” says Mr. Richard Grant White , in his Words and Their Uses , “ is perverted from its true meaning by most of those who use it . ” Consider means , to meditate , to deliberate , to reflect , to revolve in the mind ...
“ This word , ” says Mr. Richard Grant White , in his Words and Their Uses , “ is perverted from its true meaning by most of those who use it . ” Consider means , to meditate , to deliberate , to reflect , to revolve in the mind ...
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