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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I KNOW I have succeeded in making this book much larger than it was in the previous editions , and I think I have succeeded in making it as much better as I have made it larger . It certainly is now by far the most comprehensive book of ...
I KNOW I have succeeded in making this book much larger than it was in the previous editions , and I think I have succeeded in making it as much better as I have made it larger . It certainly is now by far the most comprehensive book of ...
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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 preceding statement , or paragraph .
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 preceding statement , or paragraph .
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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 ...
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How much better to say simply , “ expect the wagon to arrive " ! Advent should be used of only what is important , stately , or sacred . Aifect . See EFFECT . Aggravate . This word is often used when the speaker means to provoke ...
How much better to say simply , “ expect the wagon to arrive " ! Advent should be used of only what is important , stately , or sacred . Aifect . See EFFECT . Aggravate . This word is often used when the speaker means to provoke ...
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Hailstones fell which [ that ] are alleged ( said ] to have been [ better : that were , it is said ] six and eight inches in diameter . " Six and eight are fourteen - a hailstone fourteen inches in diameter !
Hailstones fell which [ that ] are alleged ( said ] to have been [ better : that were , it is said ] six and eight inches in diameter . " Six and eight are fourteen - a hailstone fourteen inches in diameter !
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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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