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 36
... given us that we may make ourselves understood , our drawling , however prolonged , is preferable to the nauseous , foggy , mumbling thickness of articulation which characterizes the cockney , and is not unfrequently affected 36 THE ...
... given us that we may make ourselves understood , our drawling , however prolonged , is preferable to the nauseous , foggy , mumbling thickness of articulation which characterizes the cockney , and is not unfrequently affected 36 THE ...
Sayfa 44
... given to . ' In both these cases it should be whom . Bring the verb in the first and the prep- osition in the second case closer to the relative , as , who I saw , to who the office was given , and you see the error at once . But take ...
... given to . ' In both these cases it should be whom . Bring the verb in the first and the prep- osition in the second case closer to the relative , as , who I saw , to who the office was given , and you see the error at once . But take ...
Sayfa 63
... given us the conception of Fal- staff ? " " " " You must not consider [ think ] that I wish to deterio- rate in any degree from the merits of the man . ' [ Read depreciate , or underrate . ] The word is correctly used thus : Among the ...
... given us the conception of Fal- staff ? " " " " You must not consider [ think ] that I wish to deterio- rate in any degree from the merits of the man . ' [ Read depreciate , or underrate . ] The word is correctly used thus : Among the ...
Sayfa 64
... given while occupying 10 the chair 11 of Sacred Rhetoric . " " " 1. The phrase leading genius is badly chosen . Founder , projector , head , organizer , principal , or president - some one of these terms would probably have been ...
... given while occupying 10 the chair 11 of Sacred Rhetoric . " " " 1. The phrase leading genius is badly chosen . Founder , projector , head , organizer , principal , or president - some one of these terms would probably have been ...
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 . II . " The chair . " The definite article made it necessary ...
... 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 . II . " The chair . " The definite article made it necessary ...
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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