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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... of , nevertheless the of is unnecessary , no matter what sense the verb is used in . We accept presents , not accept of them . Accident . See CASUALTY . Accord . " He [ the Secretary of the Treasury 2 THE VERBALIST .
... of , nevertheless the of is unnecessary , no matter what sense the verb is used in . We accept presents , not accept of them . Accident . See CASUALTY . Accord . " He [ the Secretary of the Treasury 2 THE VERBALIST .
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... present usage to make the following distinction between them : 1. That beside be used only and always as a preposition , with the original meaning by the side of ; as , to sit beside a fountain ; or with the closely allied meaning aside ...
... present usage to make the following distinction between them : 1. That beside be used only and always as a preposition , with the original meaning by the side of ; as , to sit beside a fountain ; or with the closely allied meaning aside ...
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... for frozen , stop for stay , assist for be present , intimate for announce , etc. ( c ) We refuse to follow the British in their arbitrary restriction of the mean- ing of certain words . Thus , a young person THE VERBALIST . 33.
... for frozen , stop for stay , assist for be present , intimate for announce , etc. ( c ) We refuse to follow the British in their arbitrary restriction of the mean- ing of certain words . Thus , a young person THE VERBALIST . 33.
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... present day think it necessary to adopt a certain cant of manner and phraseology [ and of tone of voice ] as a token to each other [ one another ] ! They improve this and that text , and they must do so and so in a prayerful way ; and ...
... present day think it necessary to adopt a certain cant of manner and phraseology [ and of tone of voice ] as a token to each other [ one another ] ! They improve this and that text , and they must do so and so in a prayerful way ; and ...
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... present ' : here being would have to be construed as a participle . The pos- sessive construction is , in this case , the primitive and regu- lar construction ; THE OTHER IS A MERE LAPSE . The difficulty of adhering to the possessive ...
... present ' : here being would have to be construed as a participle . The pos- sessive construction is , in this case , the primitive and regu- lar construction ; THE OTHER IS A MERE LAPSE . The difficulty of adhering to the possessive ...
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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