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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Sayfa 37
“ I have no fear that he will come , ” it will be seen , means the contrary of what the sentence means with the but . “ I have no fear that he will not come " is , however , a form to be preferred . See WHAT . Bulk .
“ I have no fear that he will come , ” it will be seen , means the contrary of what the sentence means with the but . “ I have no fear that he will not come " is , however , a form to be preferred . See WHAT . Bulk .
Sayfa 85
The writer has never seen it anywhere in the North but in the columns of the Boston Congregationalist . The Standard Dictionary ( 1895 ) has the word , but says it is slang .
The writer has never seen it anywhere in the North but in the columns of the Boston Congregationalist . The Standard Dictionary ( 1895 ) has the word , but says it is slang .
Sayfa 94
“ ' I never saw [ have seen ) you looking in better health , ' remarked a Journal reporter . ” “ Further , I never [ have ] made a loan or pledged ( nor have I pledged ) any of these stocks . I never ( have ) bought stocks on a margin ...
“ ' I never saw [ have seen ) you looking in better health , ' remarked a Journal reporter . ” “ Further , I never [ have ] made a loan or pledged ( nor have I pledged ) any of these stocks . I never ( have ) bought stocks on a margin ...
Sayfa 95
man ( 6 “ It is such an exhibition of the French art of this century as was never seen ( never before has been seen ) even in France . " - N . Y. Sun. Family . In Great Britain , a man of family is a man well connected ; in America ...
man ( 6 “ It is such an exhibition of the French art of this century as was never seen ( never before has been seen ) even in France . " - N . Y. Sun. Family . In Great Britain , a man of family is a man well connected ; in America ...
Sayfa 101
I had seen a good deal of the latter [ Marat ] on the benches , " etc. The reader usually has to go back , if he would be sure which is former and which latter . “ Griffin paid no attention to Buttz . At the corner of Park and State ...
I had seen a good deal of the latter [ Marat ] on the benches , " etc. The reader usually has to go back , if he would be sure which is former and which latter . “ Griffin paid no attention to Buttz . At the corner of Park and State ...
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according adjective adverb American appears asked authority avoid become better built called careful cause clause clear comma common considered continually correct course diction Dictionary doubt employed England English error example expression fact frequently future give given grammar hand hear heard improperly intended John kind lady language laws learned leave less live look matter means mind misused natural never noun object opinion participle passive past persons phrase plural possessive preferred preposition present pronoun proper properly question rarely reason reference regard relative rhetoric rule seems seen sense sentence simply sometimes speak speakers speech Story tell term thing thou thought tion true truth usage verb vulgarism White whole woman word writers York young