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 21
... heard , yet never to be preferred to are you not or are they not . Unlike " we're , " " you're , " " I'm , " " I'll , " " they'll , " " he'll , " etc. , which are all contractions of the verb only , aren't can hardly be considered good ...
... heard , yet never to be preferred to are you not or are they not . Unlike " we're , " " you're , " " I'm , " " I'll , " " they'll , " " he'll , " etc. , which are all contractions of the verb only , aren't can hardly be considered good ...
Sayfa 27
... heard but not correct . We should say , " A while ago . " See SINCE . Bad cold . Inasmuch as colds are never good , why say a bad cold ? We may talk about slight colds and severe colds , but not about bad colds . Badly . Sometimes ...
... heard but not correct . We should say , " A while ago . " See SINCE . Bad cold . Inasmuch as colds are never good , why say a bad cold ? We may talk about slight colds and severe colds , but not about bad colds . Badly . Sometimes ...
Sayfa 33
... heard and understood , wherever there is difficulty in hearing , far better than the average Briton - not by virtue of vociferation , but on account of his clearer and more accurate speech , especially in following more closely the ...
... heard and understood , wherever there is difficulty in hearing , far better than the average Briton - not by virtue of vociferation , but on account of his clearer and more accurate speech , especially in following more closely the ...
Sayfa 39
... heard of tributary lands and tributary streams , but never before of tributary sympathy . And then the locu- tion , " To offer sympathy at a calamity " -what does it mean ? The only advantage of reading Mr. Ralph Waldo Em- erson forward ...
... heard of tributary lands and tributary streams , but never before of tributary sympathy . And then the locu- tion , " To offer sympathy at a calamity " -what does it mean ? The only advantage of reading Mr. Ralph Waldo Em- erson forward ...
Sayfa 44
... States is such " questionable grammar " as this frequently heard in cultivated circles . " It may be confidently affirmed that with good speakers , in the one character more base than another , it is him 44 THE VERBALIST .
... States is such " questionable grammar " as this frequently heard in cultivated circles . " It may be confidently affirmed that with good speakers , in the one character more base than another , it is him 44 THE VERBALIST .
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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