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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Sayfa 45
[ In the latter sentence refusing is a participle . ] The latter construction is not so common with pronouns as with nouns , especially with such nouns as do not readily The postake the possessive form . “ They prevented him.
[ In the latter sentence refusing is a participle . ] The latter construction is not so common with pronouns as with nouns , especially with such nouns as do not readily The postake the possessive form . “ They prevented him.
Sayfa 46
In case of your being present ' : here being would have to be construed as a participle . sessive construction is , in this case , the primitive and regular construction ; THE OTHER IS A MERE LAPSE . The difficulty of adhering to the ...
In case of your being present ' : here being would have to be construed as a participle . sessive construction is , in this case , the primitive and regular construction ; THE OTHER IS A MERE LAPSE . The difficulty of adhering to the ...
Sayfa 74
This past participle is often very inelegantly , if not improperly , used thus : “ He did not cry out , as some have done , against it , " which should read , “ He did not cry out , as some have , against it " -i . e . , as some have ...
This past participle is often very inelegantly , if not improperly , used thus : “ He did not cry out , as some have done , against it , " which should read , “ He did not cry out , as some have , against it " -i . e . , as some have ...
Sayfa 76
Imperfect of drink , but often incorrectly used instead of the participle , drunk ; as , “ I never have drank [ drunk ] any . ” We say properly , “ I have neither eaten nor drunk anything to - day . ” Drawing - room . See PARLOR .
Imperfect of drink , but often incorrectly used instead of the participle , drunk ; as , “ I never have drank [ drunk ] any . ” We say properly , “ I have neither eaten nor drunk anything to - day . ” Drawing - room . See PARLOR .
Sayfa 77
Grammarians differ very widely with regard to the conjugation of this verb ; there is no doubt , however , that from every point of view the preferable forms for the preterite and past participle are respectively ate and eaten .
Grammarians differ very widely with regard to the conjugation of this verb ; there is no doubt , however , that from every point of view the preferable forms for the preterite and past participle are respectively ate and eaten .
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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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