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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... Rhetoric , Bain's Higher English Grammar , Bain's Composi- tion Grammar , Quackenbos ' Composition and Rhetoric , John Nichol's English Composition , William Cobbett's English Grammar , Peter Bullion's English Grammar , Goold Brown's ...
... Rhetoric , Bain's Higher English Grammar , Bain's Composi- tion Grammar , Quackenbos ' Composition and Rhetoric , John Nichol's English Composition , William Cobbett's English Grammar , Peter Bullion's English Grammar , Goold Brown's ...
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... rhetoric , is called the apostrophe . The following are some examples : " O gentle sleep , Nature's soft nurse , how have I frighted thee , That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down , And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? " Sail on ...
... rhetoric , is called the apostrophe . The following are some examples : " O gentle sleep , Nature's soft nurse , how have I frighted thee , That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down , And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? " Sail on ...
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... Rhetoric . Chiefly . This is one of quite a list of words that are often misplaced . ་ ་ In my last conversation with Mr. Benjamin he chiefly spoke of [ spoke chiefly of ] luminaries of the English bench and bar . " Childish ...
... Rhetoric . Chiefly . This is one of quite a list of words that are often misplaced . ་ ་ In my last conversation with Mr. Benjamin he chiefly spoke of [ spoke chiefly of ] luminaries of the English bench and bar . " Childish ...
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... rhetoric he is not likely to save many souls . Corporeal Corporal . These adjectives , though re- garded as synonyms , are not used indiscriminately . Cor- poral is used in reference to the body , or animal frame , in its proper sense ...
... rhetoric he is not likely to save many souls . Corporeal Corporal . These adjectives , though re- garded as synonyms , are not used indiscriminately . Cor- poral is used in reference to the body , or animal frame , in its proper sense ...
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... rhetorical dogma than to have our literature hedged around in a dead level of commonplaces . When a man has an earnest ... rhetoric . As for addressing one's sweetheart as one's " dearest , " no one but a bloodless pedant would seriously ...
... rhetorical dogma than to have our literature hedged around in a dead level of commonplaces . When a man has an earnest ... rhetoric . As for addressing one's sweetheart as one's " dearest , " no one but a bloodless pedant would seriously ...
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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