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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... example : " He reflected that it would probably yet be several days before he could reasonably expect the advent of the wagon . " How much better to say simply , expect the wagon to arrive " ! 66 Advent should be used of only what is ...
... example : " He reflected that it would probably yet be several days before he could reasonably expect the advent of the wagon . " How much better to say simply , expect the wagon to arrive " ! 66 Advent should be used of only what is ...
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... Examples : " I am almost dead with fatigue . " " The night was very dark , and I had nearly driven over him before I saw him . " " I have almost finished writing my letters . " " The two rivals nearly met each other ; for the one had ...
... Examples : " I am almost dead with fatigue . " " The night was very dark , and I had nearly driven over him before I saw him . " " I have almost finished writing my letters . " " The two rivals nearly met each other ; for the one had ...
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... And . Few vulgarisms are more common than the use of and for to . Examples : “ Come and see me before you go " ; " Try and do what you can for him " ; " Go and see " " your brother , if you can . ' THE VERBALIST . II.
... And . Few vulgarisms are more common than the use of and for to . Examples : “ Come and see me before you go " ; " Try and do what you can for him " ; " Go and see " " your brother , if you can . ' THE VERBALIST . II.
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... examples : 66 ' Though gentle , yet not dull ; Strong , without rage ; without o'erflowing , full . " " Contrasted ... example of personification and antithesis combined : " Talent convinces ; genius but excites ; That tasks the reason ...
... examples : 66 ' Though gentle , yet not dull ; Strong , without rage ; without o'erflowing , full . " " Contrasted ... example of personification and antithesis combined : " Talent convinces ; genius but excites ; That tasks the reason ...
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... examples of the proper use of anxious : " The office of the Monarch Line of steamships had many callers yesterday . They had friends or relatives on board the Lydian Monarch , and were anxious in regard to their fate . " " Then he was ...
... examples of the proper use of anxious : " The office of the Monarch Line of steamships had many callers yesterday . They had friends or relatives on board the Lydian Monarch , and were anxious in regard to their fate . " " Then he was ...
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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