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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... less adapted- i . e . , altered to suit the taste of the public before which the translation is to be represented . To dramatize is to change the form of a story from the narrative to the dramatic — i . e . , to make a drama out of a ...
... less adapted- i . e . , altered to suit the taste of the public before which the translation is to be represented . To dramatize is to change the form of a story from the narrative to the dramatic — i . e . , to make a drama out of a ...
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... less direct than refer , and more direct than hint or suggest . One alludes to an event by introducing something allied to it ; one refers to an event by intro- dncing it directly into one's discourse . Almost - Nearly . These two ...
... less direct than refer , and more direct than hint or suggest . One alludes to an event by introducing something allied to it ; one refers to an event by intro- dncing it directly into one's discourse . Almost - Nearly . These two ...
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... less worthy than he is generally believed to be . To detract , is to ascribe acts to unworthy motives , or otherwise to seek to lessen seeming merit . There must always be some sup- posed good in the object detracted - charity or ...
... less worthy than he is generally believed to be . To detract , is to ascribe acts to unworthy motives , or otherwise to seek to lessen seeming merit . There must always be some sup- posed good in the object detracted - charity or ...
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... less forcible . " I do not wish for any at all " ; " I saw no one at all " ; " If he had any desire at all to see me , he would come where I am . " The at all in sentences like these is superfluous . Yet there are instances in which the ...
... less forcible . " I do not wish for any at all " ; " I saw no one at all " ; " If he had any desire at all to see me , he would come where I am . " The at all in sentences like these is superfluous . Yet there are instances in which the ...
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... less repulsive mien would be chosen by persons of better taste and more culture . A while since . An expression often heard but not correct . We should say , " A while ago . " See SINCE . Bad cold . Inasmuch as colds are never good ...
... less repulsive mien would be chosen by persons of better taste and more culture . A while since . An expression often heard but not correct . We should say , " A while ago . " See SINCE . Bad cold . Inasmuch as colds are never good ...
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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