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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... reason , or to believe . " " We were left the choice of three alternatives ' [ courses ] . " We can not believe that these are the only alternatives " [ courses ] . " The only possible alternative " [ course ] . " The discovery left the ...
... reason , or to believe . " " We were left the choice of three alternatives ' [ courses ] . " We can not believe that these are the only alternatives " [ courses ] . " The only possible alternative " [ course ] . " The discovery left the ...
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... reason ; this the soul delights . Talent from sober judgment takes its birth , And reconciles the pinion to the earth ; Genius unsettles with desires the mind , Contented not till earth be left behind . " In the following extract from ...
... reason ; this the soul delights . Talent from sober judgment takes its birth , And reconciles the pinion to the earth ; Genius unsettles with desires the mind , Contented not till earth be left behind . " In the following extract from ...
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... reason that Mr. O. is anxious to bring out the play in California . " " A writer in Macmillan's Magazine , anxious to pre- serve the well of English undefiled , calls attention , " etc. " Mr. Farnan assumes to be anxious to meet Mr. Sul ...
... reason that Mr. O. is anxious to bring out the play in California . " " A writer in Macmillan's Magazine , anxious to pre- serve the well of English undefiled , calls attention , " etc. " Mr. Farnan assumes to be anxious to meet Mr. Sul ...
Sayfa 26
... reason for ex- cluding it from any noun that indicates a person ; and the next editions of our dictionaries may be made complete by the addition of writress , officeress , manageress , superintend- entess , secretaryess , treasureress ...
... reason for ex- cluding it from any noun that indicates a person ; and the next editions of our dictionaries may be made complete by the addition of writress , officeress , manageress , superintend- entess , secretaryess , treasureress ...
Sayfa 29
... 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 the like ...
... 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 the like ...
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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