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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... misused for award thus , " The Queen's prize was accorded to our townsman , " etc. Accuse . See BLAME IT ON . Acquaintance . See FRIEND . Ad . This abbreviation for the word advertisement is very justly considered a gross vulgarism . It ...
... misused for award thus , " The Queen's prize was accorded to our townsman , " etc. Accuse . See BLAME IT ON . Acquaintance . See FRIEND . Ad . This abbreviation for the word advertisement is very justly considered a gross vulgarism . It ...
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... misused that its meaning is in- verted . " Wanted to adopt , " in the heading of advertise- ments , not infrequently is intended to mean that the adver- tiser wishes to be relieved of the care of a child , not that he wishes to assume ...
... misused that its meaning is in- verted . " Wanted to adopt , " in the heading of advertise- ments , not infrequently is intended to mean that the adver- tiser wishes to be relieved of the care of a child , not that he wishes to assume ...
Sayfa 6
... misused for previously . Ago can not be used with a past tense . 66 ' Nearly a week ago he had started from Denver , well mounted , and with a light wagon loaded with his baggage . " Properly , " Nearly a week previously . " See SINCE ...
... misused for previously . Ago can not be used with a past tense . 66 ' Nearly a week ago he had started from Denver , well mounted , and with a light wagon loaded with his baggage . " Properly , " Nearly a week previously . " See SINCE ...
Sayfa 8
... misused in the West and South , where it is made to do service for think ; to be of opinion ; to admit . Thus : 06 ' He allows [ thinks ] that he has the finest horse in the country . " 66 When the editor saw it he allowed [ admitted ] ...
... misused in the West and South , where it is made to do service for think ; to be of opinion ; to admit . Thus : 06 ' He allows [ thinks ] that he has the finest horse in the country . " 66 When the editor saw it he allowed [ admitted ] ...
Sayfa 10
... misused for course . An alternative is a choice between two courses , thus : " This hard alter- native , or to renounce thy reason , or to believe . " " We were left the choice of three alternatives ' [ courses ] . " We can not believe ...
... misused for course . An alternative is a choice between two courses , thus : " This hard alter- native , or to renounce thy reason , or to believe . " " We were left the choice of three alternatives ' [ courses ] . " We can not believe ...
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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