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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The curious inquirer who sets himself to look for the learning in the book is advised that he will best find it in such works as George P. Marsh's Lectures on the English Language , Fitz - Edward Hall's Recent Exemplifications of False ...
The curious inquirer who sets himself to look for the learning in the book is advised that he will best find it in such works as George P. Marsh's Lectures on the English Language , Fitz - Edward Hall's Recent Exemplifications of False ...
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Adjectives are often properly used where the tyro in grammar would expect to find an adverb ; as , “ drink deep , " " this looks strange , " " he looks bad , " " he stood erect . " Adjectives sometimes properly qualify other adjectives ...
Adjectives are often properly used where the tyro in grammar would expect to find an adverb ; as , “ drink deep , " " this looks strange , " " he looks bad , " " he stood erect . " Adjectives sometimes properly qualify other adjectives ...
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The house looks as it would look though it had never been painted . The man moves as he would move though he were tired . ' ' He spoke as he would speak though he was offended . ' Substitute if for though , and the meaning in every case ...
The house looks as it would look though it had never been painted . The man moves as he would move though he were tired . ' ' He spoke as he would speak though he was offended . ' Substitute if for though , and the meaning in every case ...
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An auditor is a person that listens ; a spectator is one that looks . An auditorium is a place where people assemble to hear , to listen to something ; a spectatorium is a place where people assemble to see , to look at something .
An auditor is a person that listens ; a spectator is one that looks . An auditorium is a place where people assemble to hear , to listen to something ; a spectatorium is a place where people assemble to see , to look at something .
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Actions , looks , words , steps , form the alphabet by which you may spell characters . ” — Lavater . Reputation means the estimation in which one is held . One's reputation , then , is what is thought of one's character ; consequently ...
Actions , looks , words , steps , form the alphabet by which you may spell characters . ” — Lavater . Reputation means the estimation in which one is held . One's reputation , then , is what is thought of one's character ; consequently ...
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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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