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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Sayfa 2
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 .
Sayfa 14
The author has carefully refrained from anticipating the biography that , we trust , will shortly see the light . ” — N . Y. Sun. “ In several respects the Mosaic Law is declared to have anticipated modern science by several thousand ...
The author has carefully refrained from anticipating the biography that , we trust , will shortly see the light . ” — N . Y. Sun. “ In several respects the Mosaic Law is declared to have anticipated modern science by several thousand ...
Sayfa 18
It is recognized by the lexicographers , and I think is generally accounted , even by the careful , permissible in conversation , though incompatible with dignified diction , in which such phrases as “ in any event , ” “ be that as it ...
It is recognized by the lexicographers , and I think is generally accounted , even by the careful , permissible in conversation , though incompatible with dignified diction , in which such phrases as “ in any event , ” “ be that as it ...
Sayfa 22
Many writers are not careful to make this distinction . As is sometimes very improperly used instead of that : “ Not as [ that ] I know . ” “ I don't know as [ that ] they have either as a matter of law or of necessity .
Many writers are not careful to make this distinction . As is sometimes very improperly used instead of that : “ Not as [ that ] I know . ” “ I don't know as [ that ] they have either as a matter of law or of necessity .
Sayfa 29
These words have the same meaning ; careful speakers , however , ordinarily prefer to use the former . Indeed , there is rarely any good reason for giving the preference to the latter . See also COMMENCE . Being .
These words have the same meaning ; careful speakers , however , ordinarily prefer to use the former . Indeed , there is rarely any good reason for giving the preference to the latter . See also COMMENCE . Being .
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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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