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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... word has received is to be specially regretted , as its misuse has wellnigh robbed it of its true meaning , which is , to intimate delicately , to refer to without mentioning directly . Allude is now very rarely 8 THE VERBALIST .
... word has received is to be specially regretted , as its misuse has wellnigh robbed it of its true meaning , which is , to intimate delicately , to refer to without mentioning directly . Allude is now very rarely 8 THE VERBALIST .
Sayfa 9
... rarely used in any other sense than that of to speak of , to men- tion , to name , which is a long way from being its legiti- mate signification . This degradation is doubtless a direct outcome of untutored desire to be fine . Allude is ...
... rarely used in any other sense than that of to speak of , to men- tion , to name , which is a long way from being its legiti- mate signification . This degradation is doubtless a direct outcome of untutored desire to be fine . Allude is ...
Sayfa 25
... sexes . Hence , authoress and poetess are superfluous , And they are superfluous , also , in another respect - that they are very rarely used , indeed they hardly can be used , independently of the name 3 THE VERBALIST . 25 • ...
... sexes . Hence , authoress and poetess are superfluous , And they are superfluous , also , in another respect - that they are very rarely used , indeed they hardly can be used , independently of the name 3 THE VERBALIST . 25 • ...
Sayfa 29
... rarely any good reason for giving the preference to the latter . See also COM- MENCE . Being . See Is BEING . Being built . See Is BEING . Belong . We frequently hear such expressions as , " We all belong , ' , " " Do you belong , " and ...
... rarely any good reason for giving the preference to the latter . See also COM- MENCE . Being . See Is BEING . Being built . See Is BEING . Belong . We frequently hear such expressions as , " We all belong , ' , " " Do you belong , " and ...
Sayfa 73
... rarely by from . " - Webster . Discommode . This word is rarely used ; incommode is accounted the better form . Disposition . This word is sometimes very improperly used for disposal . We place things at the disposal , not at the ...
... rarely by from . " - Webster . Discommode . This word is rarely used ; incommode is accounted the better form . Disposition . This word is sometimes very improperly used for disposal . We place things at the disposal , not at the ...
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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