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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Sayfa 35
... distinct articulation that belongs to a dry atmos- phere and a clear sky . And this view of the case is con- firmed by the fact that the inhabitants of the Southern States incline , like the people of southern Europe , THE VERBALIST . 35.
... distinct articulation that belongs to a dry atmos- phere and a clear sky . And this view of the case is con- firmed by the fact that the inhabitants of the Southern States incline , like the people of southern Europe , THE VERBALIST . 35.
Sayfa 76
... fact or reasoning - a senseless expression ; and to supply its place when it is , as in this case , a neuter verb , by to do , is as senseless . Done what ? Done the act of feeling ! I do not feel so well satisfied as I should have done ...
... fact or reasoning - a senseless expression ; and to supply its place when it is , as in this case , a neuter verb , by to do , is as senseless . Done what ? Done the act of feeling ! I do not feel so well satisfied as I should have done ...
Sayfa 81
... fact , careful speakers in America use the word elegant but rarely . Eliminate . This word , which means to put out , to exclude , is sometimes erroneously used in the sense of elicit , attain , elucidate , separate , rid , elaborate ...
... fact , careful speakers in America use the word elegant but rarely . Eliminate . This word , which means to put out , to exclude , is sometimes erroneously used in the sense of elicit , attain , elucidate , separate , rid , elaborate ...
Sayfa 86
... facts , and to his memory for his tropes . " 66 He that hath no dram of folly in his composition we may be very sure hath many pounds of much worse matter . " He spent his life trying to shoot big bullets from a small- bored gun . It is ...
... facts , and to his memory for his tropes . " 66 He that hath no dram of folly in his composition we may be very sure hath many pounds of much worse matter . " He spent his life trying to shoot big bullets from a small- bored gun . It is ...
Sayfa 88
... fact ; in reality . De jure : in right ; in law . Ecce homo : behold the man . Ergo : therefore . Et cetera : and the rest ; and so on . Excerpta : extracts . Exempli gratia : by way of example ; abbreviated , e . g . and ex . gr . Ex ...
... fact ; in reality . De jure : in right ; in law . Ecce homo : behold the man . Ergo : therefore . Et cetera : and the rest ; and so on . Excerpta : extracts . Exempli gratia : by way of example ; abbreviated , e . g . and ex . gr . Ex ...
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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