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 5
... means to assume as one's own . Adopt is sometimes so misused that its meaning is in- verted . " Wanted to adopt ... means to provoke , irritate , or anger . Thus , " It aggravates [ provokes ] me to be continually found fault with ...
... means to assume as one's own . Adopt is sometimes so misused that its meaning is in- verted . " Wanted to adopt ... means to provoke , irritate , or anger . Thus , " It aggravates [ provokes ] me to be continually found fault with ...
Sayfa 6
... means , to form into a collection or mass ; hence we could say properly , The purses aggregated , amount to , $ 32,000 - i . e . , the purses , when put together , amount to $ 32,000 . We could also properly say , The purses in the ...
... means , to form into a collection or mass ; hence we could say properly , The purses aggregated , amount to , $ 32,000 - i . e . , the purses , when put together , amount to $ 32,000 . We could also properly say , The purses in the ...
Sayfa 9
... means that virtue unaided suffices to make us happy ; " Virtue only makes us happy , " means that nothing else can do it - that that , and that only ( not alone ) , can do it . " This means of communication is employed by man alone ...
... means that virtue unaided suffices to make us happy ; " Virtue only makes us happy , " means that nothing else can do it - that that , and that only ( not alone ) , can do it . " This means of communication is employed by man alone ...
Sayfa 10
... means , apart from others ; single ; " S. was editor of a periodical which [ that ] she intended should have contributions from her own sex alone " [ only from her own sex ] . " Such characters exist even in this plain tale , and it is ...
... means , apart from others ; single ; " S. was editor of a periodical which [ that ] she intended should have contributions from her own sex alone " [ only from her own sex ] . " Such characters exist even in this plain tale , and it is ...
Sayfa 13
... means , to take before- hand ; to go before so as to preclude another ; to get the start of or to get ahead of ; to enjoy , possess , or suffer , in expectation ; to foretaste . It is therefore misused in such sentences as " Her death ...
... means , to take before- hand ; to go before so as to preclude another ; to get the start of or to get ahead of ; to enjoy , possess , or suffer , in expectation ; to foretaste . It is therefore misused in such sentences as " Her death ...
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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