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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... passive sense , thus : 66 Anything capable [ susceptible ] of being salified is sali- fiable . " - Standard Dictionary . “ Anything capable [ susceptible ] of being saved or re- stored is salvable . " - Standard Dictionary . “ We beg ...
... passive sense , thus : 66 Anything capable [ susceptible ] of being salified is sali- fiable . " - Standard Dictionary . “ Anything capable [ susceptible ] of being saved or re- stored is salvable . " - Standard Dictionary . “ We beg ...
Sayfa 113
... PASSIVE . Highfalutin . This is a style of writing often called the freshman style . It is much indulged in by very young men , and by a class of older men that instinctively try to make up in clatter for what they lack in matter ...
... PASSIVE . Highfalutin . This is a style of writing often called the freshman style . It is much indulged in by very young men , and by a class of older men that instinctively try to make up in clatter for what they lack in matter ...
Sayfa 126
... passives of this form ; jeopardize ; jubilant ( for rejoicing " ) ; juvenile ( for ' boy ' ) ; lady ( for ' wife ' ) ; last ( for ' latest ' ) ; lengthy ( for ' long ' ) ; leniency ( for ' lenity ' ) ; loafer ; loan or loaned ( for ...
... passives of this form ; jeopardize ; jubilant ( for rejoicing " ) ; juvenile ( for ' boy ' ) ; lady ( for ' wife ' ) ; last ( for ' latest ' ) ; lengthy ( for ' long ' ) ; leniency ( for ' lenity ' ) ; loafer ; loan or loaned ( for ...
Sayfa 132
... passive form , in English , corre- sponding to the progressive form in the active voice , except where it is made by the participle ing , in a passive sense ; thus , ' The house is building ' ; ' The garments are making ' ; ' Wheat is ...
... passive form , in English , corre- sponding to the progressive form in the active voice , except where it is made by the participle ing , in a passive sense ; thus , ' The house is building ' ; ' The garments are making ' ; ' Wheat is ...
Sayfa 133
... passive . Now , let it be observed that the only verbs in which the present participle passive expresses a continued action are those mentioned above as the first class , in which the regular passive form expresses a continuance of the ...
... passive . Now , let it be observed that the only verbs in which the present participle passive expresses a continued action are those mentioned above as the first class , in which the regular passive form expresses a continuance of the ...
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