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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... better as I have made it larger . It certainly is now by far the most compre- hensive book of its kind in the language . I have gathered the new matter , little by little , during the last five or six years , and I trust that little has ...
... better as I have made it larger . It certainly is now by far the most compre- hensive book of its kind in the language . I have gathered the new matter , little by little , during the last five or six years , and I trust that little has ...
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... better to say , “ the foregoing or preceding statement , or paragraph . " Such ex- pressions as the above - mentioned , the above referred to , and the above related are perhaps permissible , but the diction would be bettered by using ...
... better to say , “ the foregoing or preceding statement , or paragraph . " Such ex- pressions as the above - mentioned , the above referred to , and the above related are perhaps permissible , but the diction would be bettered by using ...
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... 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 , " instead of " That statement ...
... 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 , " instead of " That statement ...
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... better to say simply , expect the wagon to arrive " ! 66 Advent should be used of only what is important , stately , or sacred . Affect . See EFFECT . Aggravate . This word is often used when the speaker means to provoke , irritate , or ...
... better to say simply , expect the wagon to arrive " ! 66 Advent should be used of only what is important , stately , or sacred . Affect . See EFFECT . Aggravate . This word is often used when the speaker means to provoke , irritate , or ...
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... [ better that were , it is said ] six and eight inches in diameter . " Six and eight are fourteen - a hailstone four- teen inches in diameter ! This Wisconsin Munchausen is indiscreetly extravagant . Hailstones from even six to eight ...
... [ better that were , it is said ] six and eight inches in diameter . " Six and eight are fourteen - a hailstone four- teen inches in diameter ! This Wisconsin Munchausen is indiscreetly extravagant . Hailstones from even six to eight ...
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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