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 17
... live in New York . " " Tyscovus was anxious to be married at once . " In all these sentences the meaning intended was far from being that of the word anxious ; it was that of the word desirous . Here are some examples of the proper use ...
... live in New York . " " Tyscovus was anxious to be married at once . " In all these sentences the meaning intended was far from being that of the word anxious ; it was that of the word desirous . Here are some examples of the proper use ...
Sayfa 31
... live stock - both horses , cows , and sheep . " Both is sometimes so used in negative sentences that the meaning is doubtful . " Both candidates were not ap- pointed . " Were both rejected ? or was one rejected and the other appointed ...
... live stock - both horses , cows , and sheep . " Both is sometimes so used in negative sentences that the meaning is doubtful . " Both candidates were not ap- pointed . " Were both rejected ? or was one rejected and the other appointed ...
Sayfa 40
... lives of certain of the Eng- lish poets a task for which he is most admirably calcu- lated " [ suited or qualified ] . This making of calculate a sort of " maid of all work " is certainly not to be commended . The word means , To ...
... lives of certain of the Eng- lish poets a task for which he is most admirably calcu- lated " [ suited or qualified ] . This making of calculate a sort of " maid of all work " is certainly not to be commended . The word means , To ...
Sayfa 50
... live long enough to laugh at one half of it ; the boy despises the infant , the man the boy , the sage both , and the Christian all . " " What a piece of work is man ! how noble in reason ! how infinite in faculties ! in form and moving ...
... live long enough to laugh at one half of it ; the boy despises the infant , the man the boy , the sage both , and the Christian all . " " What a piece of work is man ! how noble in reason ! how infinite in faculties ! in form and moving ...
Sayfa 84
... and always simpler , than they would be if differently constructed . " The man I gave it to , " not " The man to whom I gave it . " " The verb it belongs to , " not " The verb to which it belongs . " " The house we live 84 THE VERBALIST .
... and always simpler , than they would be if differently constructed . " The man I gave it to , " not " The man to whom I gave it . " " The verb it belongs to , " not " The verb to which it belongs . " " The house we live 84 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