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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If two horses is meant , it is clear that it should be , “ He has a black and a white one . ” “ The creed supposes the coexistence of a benevolent and [ a ] malevolent principle . ” A principle can not be at once benevolent and ...
If two horses is meant , it is clear that it should be , “ He has a black and a white one . ” “ The creed supposes the coexistence of a benevolent and [ a ] malevolent principle . ” A principle can not be at once benevolent and ...
Sayfa 12
In such sentences as these the proper particle to use is clearly to , and not and . And is sometimes improperly used instead of or ; thus , “ It is obvious that a language like the Greek and Latin " ( language ? ) ...
In such sentences as these the proper particle to use is clearly to , and not and . And is sometimes improperly used instead of or ; thus , “ It is obvious that a language like the Greek and Latin " ( language ? ) ...
Sayfa 13
The second which is clearly superfluous . Antecedents . A convenient term for origin and history of a person . It expresses concisely what would otherwise require a rather ponderous circumlocution . Yet the locution past history ...
The second which is clearly superfluous . Antecedents . A convenient term for origin and history of a person . It expresses concisely what would otherwise require a rather ponderous circumlocution . Yet the locution past history ...
Sayfa 23
... look though it had never been painted . The man moves as he would move though he were tired . ' ' He spoke as he would speak though he was offended . ' Substitute if for though , and the meaning in every case is at once clear .
... look though it had never been painted . The man moves as he would move though he were tired . ' ' He spoke as he would speak though he was offended . ' Substitute if for though , and the meaning in every case is at once clear .
Sayfa 31
Here is a sentence in which the meaning of bound is not clear : “ The Government is bound , in such a personal matter , to respect the Queen's wishes . " — N . Y. Sun. Does the writer mean bound in honor , or will be compelled ?
Here is a sentence in which the meaning of bound is not clear : “ The Government is bound , in such a personal matter , to respect the Queen's wishes . " — N . Y. Sun. Does the writer mean bound in honor , or will be compelled ?
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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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