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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... a man's company may be known by his manner of expressing himself . - SWIFT . new and revised EDITION , MUCH ENLARGED DA NEW YORK AND LONDON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1911 COPYRIGHT , 1881 , 1896 , By D. APPLETON AND THE VERBALIST.
... a man's company may be known by his manner of expressing himself . - SWIFT . new and revised EDITION , MUCH ENLARGED DA NEW YORK AND LONDON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1911 COPYRIGHT , 1881 , 1896 , By D. APPLETON AND THE VERBALIST.
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... expression of inac- curate thinking . - RICHARD Grant White . To acquire a few tongues is the labor of a few years ... expression . - CAMPBELL . Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are com- monly found together . Obscurity of ...
... expression of inac- curate thinking . - RICHARD Grant White . To acquire a few tongues is the labor of a few years ... expression . - CAMPBELL . Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are com- monly found together . Obscurity of ...
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... expressions as " the above statement ' or " it seems from the above " are not sanctioned by careful writers . It is better to say , “ the foregoing or preceding statement , or paragraph . " Such ex- pressions as the above - mentioned ...
... expressions as " the above statement ' or " it seems from the above " are not sanctioned by careful writers . It is better to say , “ the foregoing or preceding statement , or paragraph . " Such ex- pressions as the above - mentioned ...
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... expression that are perhaps best characterized by the word bizarre . Of these queer locutions , amount of perfection is a very good exam- ple . Mr. G. F. Watts , in the Nineteenth Century , says , " An amount of perfection has been ...
... expression that are perhaps best characterized by the word bizarre . Of these queer locutions , amount of perfection is a very good exam- ple . Mr. G. F. Watts , in the Nineteenth Century , says , " An amount of perfection has been ...
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... expression we often hear - is nonsense . " I have great regard for him , " or , " I think a great deal of him , " or , " I hold him in high esteem , " is what we should say . We value , or prize , things highly , not appreciate them ...
... expression we often hear - is nonsense . " I have great regard for him , " or , " I think a great deal of him , " or , " I hold him in high esteem , " is what we should say . We value , or prize , things highly , not appreciate them ...
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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