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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WILSON , It is an invariable maxim that words which add nothing to the sense or to the clearess must diminish the force of the expression . - CAMPBELL . Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are commonly found together .
WILSON , It is an invariable maxim that words which add nothing to the sense or to the clearess must diminish the force of the expression . - CAMPBELL . Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are commonly found together .
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... but the diction would be bettered by using already instead of above . Above is also used inelegantly for more than ; as , “ above a mile , " " above a thousand " ; also inelegantly used for beyond ; as , “ above his strength .
... but the diction would be bettered by using already instead of above . Above is also used inelegantly for more than ; as , “ above a mile , " " above a thousand " ; also inelegantly used for beyond ; as , “ above his strength .
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Those that think so are counseled o examine the diction of some of the most noted English critics and essayists , beginning , if they will , with Matthew Arnold . An . This form of the indefinite article should not be used before any ...
Those that think so are counseled o examine the diction of some of the most noted English critics and essayists , beginning , if they will , with Matthew Arnold . An . This form of the indefinite article should not be used before any ...
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It is recognized by the lexicographers , and I think is generally accounted , even by the careful , permissible in conversation , though incompatible with dignified diction , in which such phrases as “ in any event , ” “ be that as it ...
It is recognized by the lexicographers , and I think is generally accounted , even by the careful , permissible in conversation , though incompatible with dignified diction , in which such phrases as “ in any event , ” “ be that as it ...
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Had Shakespeare written , “ It is not at all strange , ” it is clear that his diction would have been much less forcible . “ I do not wish for any at all ” ; “ I saw no one at all ” ; “ If he had any desire at all to see me , he would ...
Had Shakespeare written , “ It is not at all strange , ” it is clear that his diction would have been much less forcible . “ I do not wish for any at all ” ; “ I saw no one at all ” ; “ If he had any desire at all to see me , he would ...
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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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