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 8
... frequently misused in the West and South , where it is made to do service for think ; to be of opinion ; to admit . Thus : 06 ' He allows [ thinks ] that he has the finest horse in the country . " 66 When the editor saw it he allowed ...
... frequently misused in the West and South , where it is made to do service for think ; to be of opinion ; to admit . Thus : 06 ' He allows [ thinks ] that he has the finest horse in the country . " 66 When the editor saw it he allowed ...
Sayfa 12
... frequently see the rela- tive pronoun repeated to the great detriment of the sen- tence , thus : " Mr. Reno owns a mule which [ that ] is now forty - five years old , and which has not worn a collar for twenty - two years . " The second ...
... frequently see the rela- tive pronoun repeated to the great detriment of the sen- tence , thus : " Mr. Reno owns a mule which [ that ] is now forty - five years old , and which has not worn a collar for twenty - two years . " The second ...
Sayfa 13
... frequently make this verb do duty for expect , and sometimes for foresee . Anticipate is derived from two Latin words meaning before and to take , and , when properly used , means , to take before- hand ; to go before so as to preclude ...
... frequently make this verb do duty for expect , and sometimes for foresee . Anticipate is derived from two Latin words meaning before and to take , and , when properly used , means , to take before- hand ; to go before so as to preclude ...
Sayfa 16
... frequent astonishment , and Pope with perpetual delight . Dryden's page is a natural field , rising into inequalities and diversi- fied by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn , shaven by the scythe and ...
... frequent astonishment , and Pope with perpetual delight . Dryden's page is a natural field , rising into inequalities and diversi- fied by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn , shaven by the scythe and ...
Sayfa 21
... frequently used in a sense that implies bribery , when the approaching is supposed to be done covertly , by insinuation or cautious intimation . Apt . Often misused for likely , and sometimes for liable . " What is he apt to be doing ...
... frequently used in a sense that implies bribery , when the approaching is supposed to be done covertly , by insinuation or cautious intimation . Apt . Often misused for likely , and sometimes for liable . " What is he apt to be doing ...
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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