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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... phrase that opposes contraries is called an antithesis . " I see a chief who leads my chosen sons , All armed with points , antitheses , and puns . " The following are examples : 66 ' Though gentle , yet not dull ; Strong , without rage ...
... phrase that opposes contraries is called an antithesis . " I see a chief who leads my chosen sons , All armed with points , antitheses , and puns . " The following are examples : 66 ' Though gentle , yet not dull ; Strong , without rage ...
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... phrases as anybody else , and the like , else is often put in the possessive case , as , ' any- body else's servant ... phrase , " says Pro- fessor Mathews , in his Words : Their Use and Abuse . " Its use in any manner , by one who ...
... phrases as anybody else , and the like , else is often put in the possessive case , as , ' any- body else's servant ... phrase , " says Pro- fessor Mathews , in his Words : Their Use and Abuse . " Its use in any manner , by one who ...
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... all " ; " I saw no one at all " ; " If he had any desire at all to see me , he would come where I am . " The at all in sentences like these is superfluous . Yet there are instances in which the phrase is certainly a THE VERBALIST . 23.
... all " ; " I saw no one at all " ; " If he had any desire at all to see me , he would come where I am . " The at all in sentences like these is superfluous . Yet there are instances in which the phrase is certainly a THE VERBALIST . 23.
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... phrase is certainly a very convenient one , and seems to be unobjectionable . It is much used , and by good writers . At auction . This expression is an Americanism ; in England it is unknown . Johnson says the verb auction means , " to ...
... phrase is certainly a very convenient one , and seems to be unobjectionable . It is much used , and by good writers . At auction . This expression is an Americanism ; in England it is unknown . Johnson says the verb auction means , " to ...
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... phrase " beastly drunk . " Beau . A word used by the uneducated instead of to escort . - De Vere . Been to . We not infrequently hear a superfluous to tacked to a sentence ; thus , " Where have you been to ? " Before . Sometimes ...
... phrase " beastly drunk . " Beau . A word used by the uneducated instead of to escort . - De Vere . Been to . We not infrequently hear a superfluous to tacked to a sentence ; thus , " Where have you been to ? " Before . Sometimes ...
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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