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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... Law is declared to have anticipated modern science by several thousand years . ” — Hosmer . " It is well to have it understood that our municipal authorities and local sanitary health boards had antici- pated by practical work the ...
... Law is declared to have anticipated modern science by several thousand years . ” — Hosmer . " It is well to have it understood that our municipal authorities and local sanitary health boards had antici- pated by practical work the ...
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... laws of harmony may allow copiousness . . . in parts of a discourse . . . in order that the condensation of other parts may be the more highly appreciated . " If the doctor had written more thor- oughly appreciated he would have ...
... laws of harmony may allow copiousness . . . in parts of a discourse . . . in order that the condensation of other parts may be the more highly appreciated . " If the doctor had written more thor- oughly appreciated he would have ...
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... law or of necessity . " As , preceded by such or by same , has the force of a relative applying to persons or to things . " He offered me the same conditions as he offered you . " " The same conditions that " would be equally proper ...
... law or of necessity . " As , preceded by such or by same , has the force of a relative applying to persons or to things . " He offered me the same conditions as he offered you . " " The same conditions that " would be equally proper ...
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... laws lasted we acted the converse [ reverse ] of the Roman policy . " Converse is sometimes misused for reverse , inverse , opposite . Convoke - Convene . At one time and another there has been some discussion with regard to the correct ...
... laws lasted we acted the converse [ reverse ] of the Roman policy . " Converse is sometimes misused for reverse , inverse , opposite . Convoke - Convene . At one time and another there has been some discussion with regard to the correct ...
Sayfa 58
... law of a state ; hence , as the laws of states differ , what is crime in one state may not be crime in another . Vice is a course of wrong - doing , and is not modified either by country , religion , or condition . As for sin , it is ...
... law of a state ; hence , as the laws of states differ , what is crime in one state may not be crime in another . Vice is a course of wrong - doing , and is not modified either by country , religion , or condition . As for sin , it is ...
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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