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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... Grammar , Bain's Composi- tion Grammar , Quackenbos ' Composition and Rhetoric , John Nichol's English Composition , William Cobbett's English Grammar , Peter Bullion's English Grammar , Goold Brown's Grammar of English Grammars ...
... Grammar , Bain's Composi- tion Grammar , Quackenbos ' Composition and Rhetoric , John Nichol's English Composition , William Cobbett's English Grammar , Peter Bullion's English Grammar , Goold Brown's Grammar of English Grammars ...
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... grammar would expect to find an adverb ; as , " drink deep , " " this looks strange , " " he looks bad , " " he stood erect . " as , Adjectives sometimes properly qualify other adjectives ; " wide open , ” “ red hot , ” “ pale blue ...
... grammar would expect to find an adverb ; as , " drink deep , " " this looks strange , " " he looks bad , " " he stood erect . " as , Adjectives sometimes properly qualify other adjectives ; " wide open , ” “ red hot , ” “ pale blue ...
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... grammar and more euphoni- ous to consider else as being an adjective , and to form the possessive by adding the apostrophe and s to the word that else qualifies ; thus , anybody's else , nobody's else , some- body's else . 66 The ...
... grammar and more euphoni- ous to consider else as being an adjective , and to form the possessive by adding the apostrophe and s to the word that else qualifies ; thus , anybody's else , nobody's else , some- body's else . 66 The ...
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... grammar than are British Of course , however , nobody denies that the language has suffered some bad treatment here as well as abroad . " - Gilbert M. Tucker . British against American Orthoëpy . " The causes of the differences in ...
... grammar than are British Of course , however , nobody denies that the language has suffered some bad treatment here as well as abroad . " - Gilbert M. Tucker . British against American Orthoëpy . " The causes of the differences in ...
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... grammar , and sense pre- vail when you write to a blacksmith about shoeing a horse as when you write on the most important subjects . Habit is powerful in all cases ; but its power in this case is truly wonderful . When you write , bear ...
... grammar , and sense pre- vail when you write to a blacksmith about shoeing a horse as when you write on the most important subjects . Habit is powerful in all cases ; but its power in this case is truly wonderful . When you write , bear ...
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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