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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Here is an 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 " ! Advent should be used of only ...
Here is an 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 " ! Advent should be used of only ...
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A man that receives an injury so severe that he comes off with barely his life is almost killed ; a man that escapes what would have killed him is nearly killed . Examples : “ I am almost dead with fatigue . ” “ The night was very dark ...
A man that receives an injury so severe that he comes off with barely his life is almost killed ; a man that escapes what would have killed him is nearly killed . Examples : “ I am almost dead with fatigue . ” “ The night was very dark ...
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Of these queer locutions , amount of perfection is a very good example . Mr. G. F. Watts , in the Nineteenth Century , says , “ An amount of perfection has been reached which I was by no means prepared for .
Of these queer locutions , amount of perfection is a very good example . Mr. G. F. Watts , in the Nineteenth Century , says , “ An amount of perfection has been reached which I was by no means prepared for .
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The following are examples : “ Though gentle , yet not dull ; Strong , without rage ; without o'erflowing , full . ... The following is an excellent example of personification and antithesis combined : “ Talent convinces ; genius but ...
The following are examples : “ Though gentle , yet not dull ; Strong , without rage ; without o'erflowing , full . ... The following is an excellent example of personification and antithesis combined : “ Talent convinces ; genius but ...
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The following are some examples : “ O gentle sleep , Nature's soft nurse , how have I frighted thee , That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down , And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? " “ Sail on , thou lone imperial bird Of ...
The following are some examples : “ O gentle sleep , Nature's soft nurse , how have I frighted thee , That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down , And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? " “ Sail on , thou lone imperial bird Of ...
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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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