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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Sayfa 1
... 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 malevolent . 66 ' Something is said of ...
... 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 malevolent . 66 ' Something is said of ...
Sayfa 12
... 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 ? ) , etc. , should be , " a language like the Greek or the Latin " ( language ) ...
... 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 ? ) , etc. , should be , " a language like the Greek or the Latin " ( language ) ...
Sayfa 13
... clearly superfluous . Antecedents . A convenient term for origin and his- tory of a person . It expresses concisely what would other- wise require a rather ponderous circumlocution . Yet the locution past history , or history , is much ...
... clearly superfluous . Antecedents . A convenient term for origin and his- tory of a person . It expresses concisely what would other- wise require a rather ponderous circumlocution . Yet the locution past history , or history , is much ...
Sayfa 23
... clear . As if is always to be preferred to as though . The very nature of such statements declares their need of a copulative in the connecting word ; the disjunctive is always an enemy to their meaning . " - Anne Balderston . At ...
... clear . As if is always to be preferred to as though . The very nature of such statements declares their need of a copulative in the connecting word ; the disjunctive is always an enemy to their meaning . " - Anne Balderston . At ...
Sayfa 31
... 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 ? Bran - new . A corruption of brand - new . Bravery - Courage ...
... 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 ? Bran - new . A corruption of brand - new . Bravery - Courage ...
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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