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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Aifect . See EFFECT . Aggravate . This word is often used when the speaker means to provoke , irritate , or anger . Thus , “ It aggravates [ provokes ] me to be continually found fault with ” ; “ He is easily aggravated [ irritated ) .
Aifect . See EFFECT . Aggravate . This word is often used when the speaker means to provoke , irritate , or anger . Thus , “ It aggravates [ provokes ] me to be continually found fault with ” ; “ He is easily aggravated [ irritated ) .
Sayfa 42
Many persons of considerable culture continually make mistakes in conversation in the use of the cases , and we sometimes meet with gross errors of this kind in the writings of authors of repute . Witness the following : “ And everybody ...
Many persons of considerable culture continually make mistakes in conversation in the use of the cases , and we sometimes meet with gross errors of this kind in the writings of authors of repute . Witness the following : “ And everybody ...
Sayfa 55
Continually . See PERPETUALLY . Continue on . The on in this phrase is usually superfluous . “ We continued on our way " is idiomatic English , and is more euphonious than the sentence would be without the particle .
Continually . See PERPETUALLY . Continue on . The on in this phrase is usually superfluous . “ We continued on our way " is idiomatic English , and is more euphonious than the sentence would be without the particle .
Sayfa 80
Yet we continually see such phrases as , ' either side of the street was lined with police ' ; on either side of the throne was a chair of state ' ; ' on either side of her Majesty stood , ' etc. Surely in all these cases the word each ...
Yet we continually see such phrases as , ' either side of the street was lined with police ' ; on either side of the throne was a chair of state ' ; ' on either side of her Majesty stood , ' etc. Surely in all these cases the word each ...
Sayfa 81
... examples of the correct use of eliminate : “ Culture , in Comit ] so far as it affects the relation of the mind to the objects of thought , may be said to consist in the continual elimination of the accidental from the necessary .
... examples of the correct use of eliminate : “ Culture , in Comit ] so far as it affects the relation of the mind to the objects of thought , may be said to consist in the continual elimination of the accidental from the necessary .
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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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