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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... doubts and diffi- culties through which he won his way to a more settled and [ a ] happier frame of mind . " The repetition here is not imperative ; it is simply a question of euphony . Sometimes pleonastic : " No stronger and stranger ...
... doubts and diffi- culties through which he won his way to a more settled and [ a ] happier frame of mind . " The repetition here is not imperative ; it is simply a question of euphony . Sometimes pleonastic : " No stronger and stranger ...
Sayfa 35
... doubt , something disagreeably stiff in an anxious and affected conformity to the very letter of orthography ; and to those accustomed to a more hurried utterance we may seem to drawl , when we are only giving a full expression to ...
... doubt , something disagreeably stiff in an anxious and affected conformity to the very letter of orthography ; and to those accustomed to a more hurried utterance we may seem to drawl , when we are only giving a full expression to ...
Sayfa 37
... doubt but he will be here " : read , doubt that . " I should not wonder but " : read , if . " I have no doubt but that he will go " : suppress " I do not doubt but that it is true " suppress but . " There can be no doubt but that the ...
... doubt but he will be here " : read , doubt that . " I should not wonder but " : read , if . " I have no doubt but that he will go " : suppress " I do not doubt but that it is true " suppress but . " There can be no doubt but that the ...
Sayfa 76
... Doubt but . Dramatize . See BUT . See ADAPT . 66 Drank . Imperfect of drink , but often incorrectly used instead of the participle , drunk ; as , I never have drank [ drunk ] any . " We say properly , " I have neither eaten nor drunk ...
... Doubt but . Dramatize . See BUT . See ADAPT . 66 Drank . Imperfect of drink , but often incorrectly used instead of the participle , drunk ; as , I never have drank [ drunk ] any . " We say properly , " I have neither eaten nor drunk ...
Sayfa 77
... doubt , however , that from every point of view the preferable forms for the preterite and past participle are respectively ate and eaten . To refined ears the other forms smack of vulgarity , although supported by good authority . " I ...
... doubt , however , that from every point of view the preferable forms for the preterite and past participle are respectively ate and eaten . To refined ears the other forms smack of vulgarity , although supported by good authority . " I ...
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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