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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... sense or to the clearness must diminish the force of the expression . - CAMPBELL . Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are com- monly found together . Obscurity of expression generally springs from confusion of ideas ...
... sense or to the clearness must diminish the force of the expression . - CAMPBELL . Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are com- monly found together . Obscurity of expression generally springs from confusion of ideas ...
Sayfa 2
... sense of fail- ure , but never by those who study to express themselves in chaste English . Above . There is little authority for using this word as an adjective or as a noun . Such expressions as " the above statement ' or " it seems ...
... sense of fail- ure , but never by those who study to express themselves in chaste English . Above . There is little authority for using this word as an adjective or as a noun . Such expressions as " the above statement ' or " it seems ...
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... are either painfully slow or aggra- vatingly [ provokingly ] brusque . " Aggregate . Sometimes misused by lovers of big words in the sense of amount to , thus : " The purses offered at the two meetings aggregate $ THE VERBALIST . 5.
... are either painfully slow or aggra- vatingly [ provokingly ] brusque . " Aggregate . Sometimes misused by lovers of big words in the sense of amount to , thus : " The purses offered at the two meetings aggregate $ THE VERBALIST . 5.
Sayfa 6
... sense of admit , thus : That a flat brick façade , pierced by a few win- dows , does not make an inspiring [ ? ] picture , all will agree . Agriculturist . This word is to be preferred to agri- culturalist . See CONVERSATIONALIST . Ain ...
... sense of admit , thus : That a flat brick façade , pierced by a few win- dows , does not make an inspiring [ ? ] picture , all will agree . Agriculturist . This word is to be preferred to agri- culturalist . See CONVERSATIONALIST . Ain ...
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... sense of nevertheless , is said to be a Scotticism . It has in the in- elegant French locution tout de même an exact counterpart . Allude . The treatment this word has received is to be specially regretted , as its misuse has wellnigh ...
... sense of nevertheless , is said to be a Scotticism . It has in the in- elegant French locution tout de même an exact counterpart . Allude . The treatment this word has received is to be specially regretted , as its misuse has wellnigh ...
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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