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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In the first instance the product of the playwright's labor is called an adaptation ; in the second , a dramatization . Adjectives . Adjectives are often properly used where the tyro in grammar would expect to find an adverb ...
In the first instance the product of the playwright's labor is called an adaptation ; in the second , a dramatization . Adjectives . Adjectives are often properly used where the tyro in grammar would expect to find an adverb ...
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... does not make an inspiring [ ? ] picture , all will agree . Agriculturist . This word is to be preferred to agri . culturalist . See CONVERSATIONALIST . Ain't . This can not be called a contraction , and how . ever much it may be ...
... does not make an inspiring [ ? ] picture , all will agree . Agriculturist . This word is to be preferred to agri . culturalist . See CONVERSATIONALIST . Ain't . This can not be called a contraction , and how . ever much it may be ...
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An elaborated metaphor is called an alle . gory ; both are figurative representations , the words used signifying something beyond their literal meaning . Thus , 9 in the eightieth Psalm , the Jews are represented under THE VERBALIST ...
An elaborated metaphor is called an alle . gory ; both are figurative representations , the words used signifying something beyond their literal meaning . Thus , 9 in the eightieth Psalm , the Jews are represented under THE VERBALIST ...
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A phrase that opposes contraries is called an antithesis . I see a chief who leads my chosen sons , All armed with points , antitheses , and puns . ” The following are examples : “ Though gentle , yet not dull ; Strong , without rage ...
A phrase that opposes contraries is called an antithesis . I see a chief who leads my chosen sons , All armed with points , antitheses , and puns . ” The following are examples : “ Though gentle , yet not dull ; Strong , without rage ...
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“ Then he was trying his ' prentice hand , and was more anxious about the treatment than about the matter . "Julian Hawthorne . ' Naturally she was anxious about the appearance he made in what is called ' society . ' ” - Badeau . Any .
“ Then he was trying his ' prentice hand , and was more anxious about the treatment than about the matter . "Julian Hawthorne . ' Naturally she was anxious about the appearance he made in what is called ' society . ' ” - Badeau . Any .
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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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