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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... Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress , etc. Fables and parables are short allegories . Allow . This word is frequently misused in the West and South , where it is made to do service for think ; to be of opinion ; to admit .
... Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress , etc. Fables and parables are short allegories . Allow . This word is frequently misused in the West and South , where it is made to do service for think ; to be of opinion ; to admit .
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We frequently see the relative pronoun repeated to the great detriment of the sentence , 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 .
We frequently see the relative pronoun repeated to the great detriment of the sentence , 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 .
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Lovers of big words 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 beforeto go before so as ...
Lovers of big words 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 beforeto go before so as ...
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Dryden is read with 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 ...
Dryden is read with 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 ...
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Approach is 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 .
Approach is 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 .
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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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