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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See Is BEING , Being built . See IS BEING . Belong . We frequently hear such expressions as , “ We all belong , ” “ Do you belong , ” and the like , meaning , belong to an association of some sort . The only authority for this locution ...
See Is BEING , Being built . See IS BEING . Belong . We frequently hear such expressions as , “ We all belong , ” “ Do you belong , ” and the like , meaning , belong to an association of some sort . The only authority for this locution ...
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“ A large number of swallows congregated together , as if holding a convention , most likely on the condition of the bridge , as a number have built their nests among the unsafe timbers . " - Kansas City Journal . Conquer .
“ A large number of swallows congregated together , as if holding a convention , most likely on the condition of the bridge , as a number have built their nests among the unsafe timbers . " - Kansas City Journal . Conquer .
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A similar structure built at a right angle with the shore is commonly called a pier . Vessels lie at wharves and piers , not docks . Donate . This word , which is defined as meaning to give , to contribute , is looked upon by most ...
A similar structure built at a right angle with the shore is commonly called a pier . Vessels lie at wharves and piers , not docks . Donate . This word , which is defined as meaning to give , to contribute , is looked upon by most ...
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A Greek temple is a temple of Greece ; a Grecian temple is one built in imitation of a Greek temple . Grow . This verb originally meant , to increase in size , but has normally come to be also used to express a change from one state or ...
A Greek temple is a temple of Greece ; a Grecian temple is one built in imitation of a Greek temple . Grow . This verb originally meant , to increase in size , but has normally come to be also used to express a change from one state or ...
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Cambridge . Irritate . See AGGRAVATE . Is being . A tolerable idea of the state of the discussion regarding the propriety of using the locution is being a 6 . 6 built , and all like expressions , THE VERBALIST . 131.
Cambridge . Irritate . See AGGRAVATE . Is being . A tolerable idea of the state of the discussion regarding the propriety of using the locution is being a 6 . 6 built , and all like expressions , THE VERBALIST . 131.
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