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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Sayfa 4
Instead of “ What course shall you adopt to get your pay ? " say What course shall you take ? ” etc. Adopt is properly used in a sentence like this : “ The course ( or measures ) proposed by Mr. Blank was adopted by the committee " ...
Instead of “ What course shall you adopt to get your pay ? " say What course shall you take ? ” etc. Adopt is properly used in a sentence like this : “ The course ( or measures ) proposed by Mr. Blank was adopted by the committee " ...
Sayfa 10
Often misused for course . An alternative is a choice between two courses , thus : “ This hard alternative , or to renounce thy reason , or to believe . ” “ We were left the choice of three alternatives [ courses ) .
Often misused for course . An alternative is a choice between two courses , thus : “ This hard alternative , or to renounce thy reason , or to believe . ” “ We were left the choice of three alternatives [ courses ) .
Sayfa 34
“ American writers of the first class seem to be , on the whole , rather more careful about grammar than are British Of course , however , nobody denies that the language has suffered some bad treatment here as well as abroad .
“ American writers of the first class seem to be , on the whole , rather more careful about grammar than are British Of course , however , nobody denies that the language has suffered some bad treatment here as well as abroad .
Sayfa 35
... to make the long vowels diphthongal is noticed by foreigners as a peculiarity of the orthoëpy of our language ; and this tendency will , of course , be strengthened by any cause which produces greater slowness and fullness of ...
... to make the long vowels diphthongal is noticed by foreigners as a peculiarity of the orthoëpy of our language ; and this tendency will , of course , be strengthened by any cause which produces greater slowness and fullness of ...
Sayfa 54
Thus : “ I consider ( think ] his course very unjustifiable ” ; “ I have always considered [ thought ] it my duty , " etc. ; " I consider [ regard or look upon ] him as being the cleverest man of my acquaintance . ” Contemptible .
Thus : “ I consider ( think ] his course very unjustifiable ” ; “ I have always considered [ thought ] it my duty , " etc. ; " I consider [ regard or look upon ] him as being the cleverest man of my acquaintance . ” Contemptible .
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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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