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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Sometimes misused in the sense of admit , thus : That a flat brick façade , pierced by a few windows , does not make an inspiring [ ? ] picture , all will agree . Agriculturist . This word is to be preferred to agri . culturalist .
Sometimes misused in the sense of admit , thus : That a flat brick façade , pierced by a few windows , does not make an inspiring [ ? ] picture , all will agree . Agriculturist . This word is to be preferred to agri . culturalist .
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Yet the locution past history , or history , is much to be preferred . “ What do you know of his history ? ” is far better English than “ What do you know of his antecedents ? " The one is the language of the drawing - room , the other ...
Yet the locution past history , or history , is much to be preferred . “ What do you know of his history ? ” is far better English than “ What do you know of his antecedents ? " The one is the language of the drawing - room , the other ...
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... even by the careful , permissible in conversation , though incompatible with dignified diction , in which such phrases as “ in any event , ” “ be that as it may , " " at any rate , " and the like , are to be preferred . 6 .
... even by the careful , permissible in conversation , though incompatible with dignified diction , in which such phrases as “ in any event , ” “ be that as it may , " " at any rate , " and the like , are to be preferred . 6 .
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Here either likely or liable is the proper word , according to the thought the speaker would convey . Arctics . See RUBBERS . Aren't . A contraction of are not , frequently heard , yet never to be preferred to ...
Here either likely or liable is the proper word , according to the thought the speaker would convey . Arctics . See RUBBERS . Aren't . A contraction of are not , frequently heard , yet never to be preferred to ...
Sayfa 23
... to be preferred to as though . The very nature of such statements declares their need of a copulative in the connecting word ; the disjunctive is always an enemy to their meaning . ” — Anne Balderston .
... to be preferred to as though . The very nature of such statements declares their need of a copulative in the connecting word ; the disjunctive is always an enemy to their meaning . ” — Anne Balderston .
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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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