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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In such sentences as these the proper particle to use is clearly to , and not and . And is sometimes improperly used instead of or ; thus , “ It is obvious that a language like the Greek and Latin " ( language ? ) ...
In such sentences as these the proper particle to use is clearly to , and not and . And is sometimes improperly used instead of or ; thus , “ It is obvious that a language like the Greek and Latin " ( language ? ) ...
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Here are some examples of the proper use of anxious : “ The office of the Monarch Line of steamships had many callers yesterday . They had friends or relatives on board the Lydian Monarch , and were anxious in regard to their fate .
Here are some examples of the proper use of anxious : “ The office of the Monarch Line of steamships had many callers yesterday . They had friends or relatives on board the Lydian Monarch , and were anxious in regard to their fate .
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In such sentences as these likely is the proper word to use . “ If you go there you will be apt to get into trouble . ” Here either likely or liable is the proper word , according to the thought the speaker would convey . Arctics .
In such sentences as these likely is the proper word to use . “ If you go there you will be apt to get into trouble . ” Here either likely or liable is the proper word , according to the thought the speaker would convey . Arctics .
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“ The same conditions that ” would be equally proper . See also LIKE . Ascribe . See IMPUTE . Aside . Sometimes misused for apart . “ Words have a potency of association aside from their significance as representative signs .
“ The same conditions that ” would be equally proper . See also LIKE . Ascribe . See IMPUTE . Aside . Sometimes misused for apart . “ Words have a potency of association aside from their significance as representative signs .
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In such cases the proper word to use is rest or remainder . Balance is properly used in speaking of accounts — the difference between the debits and the credits . “ It sold to them by the square foot land which [ that ] it had bought at ...
In such cases the proper word to use is rest or remainder . Balance is properly used in speaking of accounts — the difference between the debits and the credits . “ It sold to them by the square foot land which [ that ] it had bought at ...
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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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