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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... . - CAMPBELL . Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are com- monly found together . Obscurity of expression generally springs from confusion of ideas . — MACAULAY . THE VERBALIST . 64 A. Errors are not infrequently made vi.
... . - CAMPBELL . Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are com- monly found together . Obscurity of expression generally springs from confusion of ideas . — MACAULAY . THE VERBALIST . 64 A. Errors are not infrequently made vi.
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... 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 . " " The floor of ...
... 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 . " " The floor of ...
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... 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 aspirated h . We say , properly , a heroic , a ...
... 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 aspirated h . We say , properly , a heroic , a ...
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... - fied diction , in which such phrases as " in any event , " " be that as it may , " " at any rate , " and the like , are to be pre- ferred . 99.66 Aphorism . A principle or precept , either in science 18 THE VERBALIST .
... - fied diction , in which such phrases as " in any event , " " be that as it may , " " at any rate , " and the like , are to be pre- ferred . 99.66 Aphorism . A principle or precept , either in science 18 THE VERBALIST .
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... 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 come where I am . " The at all in sentences like these is superfluous . Yet ...
... 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 come where I am . " The at all in sentences like these is superfluous . Yet ...
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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