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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... never by those who study to express themselves in chaste English . Above . There is little authority for using this word as an adjective or as a noun . Such expressions as " the above statement ' or " it seems from the above " are not ...
... never by those who study to express themselves in chaste English . Above . There is little authority for using this word as an adjective or as a noun . Such expressions as " the above statement ' or " it seems from the above " are not ...
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... never falls below it . Dryden is read with frequent astonishment , and Pope with perpetual delight . Dryden's page is a natural field , rising into inequalities and diversi- fied by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's ...
... never falls below it . Dryden is read with frequent astonishment , and Pope with perpetual delight . Dryden's page is a natural field , rising into inequalities and diversi- fied by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's ...
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... never uses more words or bigger words than are really necessary . " ' Intemperance in the use of language is as much to be censured as intemperance in anything else ; like intemper- ance in other things , its effect is vulgarizing ...
... never uses more words or bigger words than are really necessary . " ' Intemperance in the use of language is as much to be censured as intemperance in anything else ; like intemper- ance in other things , its effect is vulgarizing ...
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... never to be preferred to are you not or are they not . Unlike " we're , " " you're , " " I'm , " " I'll , " " they'll , " " he'll , " etc. , which are all contractions of the verb only , aren't can hardly be considered good colloquial ...
... never to be preferred to are you not or are they not . Unlike " we're , " " you're , " " I'm , " " I'll , " " they'll , " " he'll , " etc. , which are all contractions of the verb only , aren't can hardly be considered good colloquial ...
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... never been painted . ' ' The man moves as though he were tired . ' ' He spoke as though he was offended . ' " In all these we quickly discover , on supplying the ellipsis between as and though , that this disjunctive con- junction ...
... never been painted . ' ' The man moves as though he were tired . ' ' He spoke as though he was offended . ' " In all these we quickly discover , on supplying the ellipsis between as and though , that this disjunctive con- junction ...
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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