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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... preposition , with the original meaning by the side of ; as , to sit beside a fountain ; or with the closely allied meaning aside from , or out of ; as , this is beside our present purpose : Paul , thou art beside thyself . ' The ...
... preposition , with the original meaning by the side of ; as , to sit beside a fountain ; or with the closely allied meaning aside from , or out of ; as , this is beside our present purpose : Paul , thou art beside thyself . ' The ...
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... prepositions , the ear gives us no assistance . Who , of all the men in the world , do you think I saw to - day ? ' ' Who , for the sake of numerous services , the office was given to . ' In both these cases it should be whom . Bring ...
... prepositions , the ear gives us no assistance . Who , of all the men in the world , do you think I saw to - day ? ' ' Who , for the sake of numerous services , the office was given to . ' In both these cases it should be whom . Bring ...
Sayfa 84
... prepositions are always more terse , always quite as idiomatic , and always simpler , than they would be if differently constructed . " The man I gave it to , " not " The man to whom I gave it . " " The verb it belongs to , " not " The ...
... prepositions are always more terse , always quite as idiomatic , and always simpler , than they would be if differently constructed . " The man I gave it to , " not " The man to whom I gave it . " " The verb it belongs to , " not " The ...
Sayfa 114
... prepositions , and relatives drift so far from their moorings as to lose themselves , or make attachments where they do not belong . " Again , p . 135 : " Every law of speech en- forces the statement that there is no excuse for such ...
... prepositions , and relatives drift so far from their moorings as to lose themselves , or make attachments where they do not belong . " Again , p . 135 : " Every law of speech en- forces the statement that there is no excuse for such ...
Sayfa 140
... preposition . The second stage of change , however — namely , " In Put Yourself in his Place , chap . x , he writes : ' She basked in the present delight , and looked as if she was being taken to heaven by an angel . ' " + " Words , etc ...
... preposition . The second stage of change , however — namely , " In Put Yourself in his Place , chap . x , he writes : ' She basked in the present delight , and looked as if she was being taken to heaven by an angel . ' " + " Words , etc ...
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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