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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Sayfa 1
It should always be repeated before an adjective that qualifies a distinct thing . “ 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 .
It should always be repeated before an adjective that qualifies a distinct thing . “ 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 .
Sayfa 2
There is little authority for using this word as an adjective or as a noun . Such expressions as the above statement " or " it seems from the above " are not sanctioned by careful writers . It is better to say , “ the foregoing or ...
There is little authority for using this word as an adjective or as a noun . Such expressions as the above statement " or " it seems from the above " are not sanctioned by careful writers . It is better to say , “ the foregoing or ...
Sayfa 3
Adjectives . Adjectives are often properly used where the tyro in grammar would expect to find an adverb ; as , “ drink deep , " " this looks strange , " " he looks bad , " " he stood erect . " Adjectives sometimes properly qualify ...
Adjectives . Adjectives are often properly used where the tyro in grammar would expect to find an adverb ; as , “ drink deep , " " this looks strange , " " he looks bad , " " he stood erect . " Adjectives sometimes properly qualify ...
Sayfa 4
Such comparatives as wiser , better , larger , etc. , and the contrasting adjectives different , other , etc. , are often so placed as to render the construction awkward ; as , “ That is a much better statement of the case than yours ...
Such comparatives as wiser , better , larger , etc. , and the contrasting adjectives different , other , etc. , are often so placed as to render the construction awkward ; as , “ That is a much better statement of the case than yours ...
Sayfa 9
“ This means of communication is employed by man alone . ” Dr. Quackenbos should have written , “ By man only . " Alone is always an adjective , and not , like only , some3 times an adverb . It means , apart from others 2 THE VERBALIST ...
“ This means of communication is employed by man alone . ” Dr. Quackenbos should have written , “ By man only . " Alone is always an adjective , and not , like only , some3 times an adverb . It means , apart from others 2 THE VERBALIST ...
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| Başlık | 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 |
| Yazar | Alfred Ayres |
| Yayıncı | D. Appleton, 1911 |
| Orijinalin kaynağı: | Minnesota Üniversitesi |
| Dijital ortama aktarılmış | 21 Eki 2013 |
| ISBN | 0827436696, 9780827436695 |
| Uzunluk | 337 sayfa |
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