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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... clause , no relative having occurred before , thus : " I have a book , printed at Antwerp , and which was once Adam Smith's . " If the proper relative , that , had been used , it is probable that the writer would not have blundered ...
... clause , no relative having occurred before , thus : " I have a book , printed at Antwerp , and which was once Adam Smith's . " If the proper relative , that , had been used , it is probable that the writer would not have blundered ...
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... clause that the con- struction always involves , and shows at once the defect . For example : “ The house looks as though it had never been painted . ' ' The man moves as though he were tired . ' ' He spoke as though he was offended ...
... clause that the con- struction always involves , and shows at once the defect . For example : “ The house looks as though it had never been painted . ' ' The man moves as though he were tired . ' ' He spoke as though he was offended ...
Sayfa 50
... clause , a sentence , a paragraph , or any lit- erary composition whatsoever , is said to end with a climax when , by an artistic arrangement , the more effective is made to follow the less effective in regular gradation . Any great ...
... clause , a sentence , a paragraph , or any lit- erary composition whatsoever , is said to end with a climax when , by an artistic arrangement , the more effective is made to follow the less effective in regular gradation . Any great ...
Sayfa 105
... clauses : a house that the owner lets or will let ' ; ' the course that we should steer by ' ; ' a thing that should be done ' ; ' a city wherein one may take refuge ' ; ' the means whereby ill deeds may be done . ' When the to ceased ...
... clauses : a house that the owner lets or will let ' ; ' the course that we should steer by ' ; ' a thing that should be done ' ; ' a city wherein one may take refuge ' ; ' the means whereby ill deeds may be done . ' When the to ceased ...
Sayfa 108
... clauses with a third , " etc .; read , " of two clauses , " etc. Gown . See DRESS . Graduated . Most writers nowadays say , " I was , he was , or they were graduated " ; and ask , " When were you , or was he , graduated ? " " He was ...
... clauses with a third , " etc .; read , " of two clauses , " etc. Gown . See DRESS . Graduated . Most writers nowadays say , " I was , he was , or they were graduated " ; and ask , " When were you , or was he , graduated ? " " He was ...
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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