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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that is , what was Blank's was adopted by the committeea correct use of the word , as to adopt means to assume as one's own . Adopt is sometimes so misused that its meaning is inverted . “ Wanted to adopt , ” in the heading of ...
that is , what was Blank's was adopted by the committeea correct use of the word , as to adopt means to assume as one's own . Adopt is sometimes so misused that its meaning is inverted . “ Wanted to adopt , ” in the heading of ...
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Correctly used thus : “ If not anticipated , I shall hereafter make an attempt at a magazine paper on The Philosophy of Point . ” — Poe . “ The chief portion of Prof. Espy's theory has been anticipated . ” — Poe .
Correctly used thus : “ If not anticipated , I shall hereafter make an attempt at a magazine paper on The Philosophy of Point . ” — Poe . “ The chief portion of Prof. Espy's theory has been anticipated . ” — Poe .
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“ Public - school teachers are in . formed that anybody else's is correct . " — N . Y. Times . An English writer says : “ In such phrases as anybody else , and the like , else is often put in the possessive case , as , “ anybody else's ...
“ Public - school teachers are in . formed that anybody else's is correct . " — N . Y. Times . An English writer says : “ In such phrases as anybody else , and the like , else is often put in the possessive case , as , “ anybody else's ...
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J. S. Blackwell , “ in the sense of separately , as a subject of thought , is an Americanism , and is unknown and altogether unexemplified in correct and classical English . The proper word is apart . ” Asperse .
J. S. Blackwell , “ in the sense of separately , as a subject of thought , is an Americanism , and is unknown and altogether unexemplified in correct and classical English . The proper word is apart . ” Asperse .
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An expression often heard but not correct . We should say , “ A while ago . ” See SINCE . Bad cold . Inasmuch as colds are never good , why say a bad cold ? We may talk about slight colds and severe colds , but not about bad colds .
An expression often heard but not correct . We should say , “ A while ago . ” See SINCE . Bad cold . Inasmuch as colds are never good , why say a bad cold ? We may talk about slight colds and severe colds , but not about bad colds .
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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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