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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Sayfa 64
... asked for the publication of the following laws and principles of speech.3 4 " The author , not seeing sufficient reason for withhold- ing what had been of much practical benefit to himself , consented . " " The subject - matter herein ...
... asked for the publication of the following laws and principles of speech.3 4 " The author , not seeing sufficient reason for withhold- ing what had been of much practical benefit to himself , consented . " " The subject - matter herein ...
Sayfa 94
... surprising that he was treated as an intriguer rather than as a consul . " -N . Y. Sun. " Raikes once asked Montrond if it were [ was ] true that , " etc. - Argonaut , " It is such an exhibition of the French art 94 THE VERBALIST .
... surprising that he was treated as an intriguer rather than as a consul . " -N . Y. Sun. " Raikes once asked Montrond if it were [ was ] true that , " etc. - Argonaut , " It is such an exhibition of the French art 94 THE VERBALIST .
Sayfa 105
... asked to marry one of his girls , " answered : " Certainly . Which one will you have the chambermaid , or the cook ? " Good . Sometimes improperly used instead of well , in forming compound adjectives with the participles fitting ...
... asked to marry one of his girls , " answered : " Certainly . Which one will you have the chambermaid , or the cook ? " Good . Sometimes improperly used instead of well , in forming compound adjectives with the participles fitting ...
Sayfa 108
... asked , ' can an error be grammatical ? ' How , may be replied , can we with propriety say , grammatically incorrect ? Yet we can do so . " No one will question the propriety of saying gram- matically correct . Yet the expression is the ...
... asked , ' can an error be grammatical ? ' How , may be replied , can we with propriety say , grammatically incorrect ? Yet we can do so . " No one will question the propriety of saying gram- matically correct . Yet the expression is the ...
Sayfa 109
... asked with some show of reason , be an error in grammar ? Why , grammar is a science founded in our nature , referable to our ideas of time , relation , method ; imperfect , doubtless , as to the sys- tem by which it is represented ...
... asked with some show of reason , be an error in grammar ? Why , grammar is a science founded in our nature , referable to our ideas of time , relation , method ; imperfect , doubtless , as to the sys- tem by which it is represented ...
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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