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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In any case , as , in spite of the old adage , speech is given us that we may make ourselves understood , our drawling , however prolonged , is preferable to the nauseous , foggy , mumbling thickness of articulation which characterizes ...
In any case , as , in spite of the old adage , speech is given us that we may make ourselves understood , our drawling , however prolonged , is preferable to the nauseous , foggy , mumbling thickness of articulation which characterizes ...
Sayfa 44
Who , for the sake of numerous services , the office was given to . In both these cases it should be whom . Bring the verb in the first and the preposition in the second case closer to the relative , as , who I saw , to who the office ...
Who , for the sake of numerous services , the office was given to . In both these cases it should be whom . Bring the verb in the first and the preposition in the second case closer to the relative , as , who I saw , to who the office ...
Sayfa 63
“ Does it deteriorate from [ lessen ] Milton's greatness that he could not have given us the conception of Falstaff ? ” “ You must not consider ( think ] that I wish to deteriorate in any degree from the merits of the man .
“ Does it deteriorate from [ lessen ] Milton's greatness that he could not have given us the conception of Falstaff ? ” “ You must not consider ( think ] that I wish to deteriorate in any degree from the merits of the man .
Sayfa 64
... for withholding what had been of much practical benefits to himself , consented.6 “ The subject matter herein contained is an outgrowth from ? occasional instructions 8 given while occupying 10 the chairil of Sacred Rhetoric . " 1.
... for withholding what had been of much practical benefits to himself , consented.6 “ The subject matter herein contained is an outgrowth from ? occasional instructions 8 given while occupying 10 the chairil of Sacred Rhetoric . " 1.
Sayfa 65
“ Given to " whom ? 10. Holding . We occupy a chair when we sit in it , and fill an office when we discharge its duties . Dr. Townsend held the chair , but he did not fill it . • The chair . " The definite article made ii necessary for ...
“ Given to " whom ? 10. Holding . We occupy a chair when we sit in it , and fill an office when we discharge its duties . Dr. Townsend held the chair , but he did not fill it . • The chair . " The definite article made ii necessary for ...
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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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