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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Accord is sometimes 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 ...
Accord is sometimes 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 ...
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Adopt is sometimes so misused that its meaning is inverted . “ Wanted to adopt , ” in the heading of advertisements , not infrequently is intended to mean that the advertiser wishes to be relieved of the care of a child , not that he ...
Adopt is sometimes so misused that its meaning is inverted . “ Wanted to adopt , ” in the heading of advertisements , not infrequently is intended to mean that the advertiser wishes to be relieved of the care of a child , not that he ...
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Sometimes misused for previously . Ago can not be used with a past tense . “ 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 .
Sometimes misused for previously . Ago can not be used with a past tense . “ 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 .
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... Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress , etc. Fables and parables are short allegories . Allow . This word is frequently misused in the West and South , where it is made to do service for think ; to be of opinion ; to admit .
... Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress , etc. Fables and parables are short allegories . Allow . This word is frequently misused in the West and South , where it is made to do service for think ; to be of opinion ; to admit .
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Often misused for course . An alternative is a choice between two courses , thus : “ This hard alternative , or to renounce thy reason , or to believe . ” “ We were left the choice of three alternatives [ courses ) .
Often misused for course . An alternative is a choice between two courses , thus : “ This hard alternative , or to renounce thy reason , or to believe . ” “ We were left the choice of three alternatives [ courses ) .
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according adjective adverb American appears asked authority avoid become better built called careful cause clause clear comma common considered continually correct course diction Dictionary doubt employed England English error example expression fact frequently future give given grammar hand hear heard improperly intended John kind lady language laws learned leave less live look matter means mind misused natural never noun object opinion participle passive past persons phrase plural possessive preferred preposition present pronoun proper properly question rarely reason reference regard relative rhetoric rule seems seen sense sentence simply sometimes speak speakers speech Story tell term thing thou thought tion true truth usage verb vulgarism White whole woman word writers York young