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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... regard for the fitness of the words they employ — that class for whom bigness has more charms than signification . A dispatch from Milwaukee , Wis . , of July 27 , 1884 , to the New York Times , said : “ A storm yesterday in Eau Claire ...
... regard for the fitness of the words they employ — that class for whom bigness has more charms than signification . A dispatch from Milwaukee , Wis . , of July 27 , 1884 , to the New York Times , said : “ A storm yesterday in Eau Claire ...
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... regard to their fate . " " Then he was trying his ' prentice hand , and was more anxious about the treatment than about the matter . " - Julian Hawthorne . ' Naturally she was anxious about the appearance he made in what is called ...
... regard to their fate . " " Then he was trying his ' prentice hand , and was more anxious about the treatment than about the matter . " - Julian Hawthorne . ' Naturally she was anxious about the appearance he made in what is called ...
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... regard for him , " or , " I think a great deal of him , " or , " I hold him in high esteem , " is what we should say . We value , or prize , things highly , not appreciate them highly . This word is also very improperly made to do ...
... regard for him , " or , " I think a great deal of him , " or , " I hold him in high esteem , " is what we should say . We value , or prize , things highly , not appreciate them highly . This word is also very improperly made to do ...
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... regard to the use of this and certain other words of like formation , Mr. Gould , in his " Good English , " says : " Poet means simply a person who writes poetry , and author , in the sense under consideration , a person who writes ...
... regard to the use of this and certain other words of like formation , Mr. Gould , in his " Good English , " says : " Poet means simply a person who writes poetry , and author , in the sense under consideration , a person who writes ...
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... regard to enunciation , the average Ameri- can will make himself heard and understood , wherever there is difficulty in hearing , far better than the average Briton - not by virtue of vociferation , but on account of his clearer and ...
... regard to enunciation , the average Ameri- can will make himself heard and understood , wherever there is difficulty in hearing , far better than the average Briton - not by virtue of vociferation , but on account of his clearer and ...
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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