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 Propriety |
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To adapt a play is to modify its construction with the view of improving its form for representation . Plays translated from one language into another are usually more or less adaptedi . e . , altered to suit the taste of the ...
To adapt a play is to modify its construction with the view of improving its form for representation . Plays translated from one language into another are usually more or less adaptedi . e . , altered to suit the taste of the ...
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Allude is 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 introdncing it directly into one's discourse . Almost - Nearly .
Allude is 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 introdncing it directly into one's discourse . Almost - Nearly .
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To asperse , is to speak slightingly of any one , and to insinuate that he is less worthy than he is generally believed to he . To detract , is to ascribe acts to unworthy motives , or otherwise to seek to lessen seeming merit .
To asperse , is to speak slightingly of any one , and to insinuate that he is less worthy than he is generally believed to he . To detract , is to ascribe acts to unworthy motives , or otherwise to seek to lessen seeming merit .
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Had Shakespeare written , “ It is not at all strange , ” it is clear that his diction would have been much 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 ...
Had Shakespeare written , “ It is not at all strange , ” it is clear that his diction would have been much 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 ...
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Persons with only a limited vocabulary at their command frequently use this word when some other word of a less repulsive mien would be chosen by persons of better taste and more culture . A while since . An expression often heard but ...
Persons with only a limited vocabulary at their command frequently use this word when some other word of a less repulsive mien would be chosen by persons of better taste and more culture . A while since . An expression often heard but ...
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| Başlık | 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 Propriety |
| Yazar | Alfred Ayres |
| Yayıncı | D. Appleton, 1911 |
| Orijinalin kaynağı: | Minnesota Üniversitesi |
| Dijital ortama aktarılmış | 21 Eki 2013 |
| ISBN | 0827436696, 9780827436695 |
| Uzunluk | 337 sayfa |
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