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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... term for origin and his- tory of a person . It expresses concisely what would other- wise require a rather ponderous circumlocution . Yet the locution past history , or history , is much to be preferred . " What do you know of his ...
... term for origin and his- tory of a person . It expresses concisely what would other- wise require a rather ponderous circumlocution . Yet the locution past history , or history , is much to be preferred . " What do you know of his ...
Sayfa 30
... term incompatible with dignified diction . Both . We sometimes hear such absurd sentences as , " They both resemble each other very much " ; " They are both alike ” ; “ They both met in the street . " Both is like- wise redundant in the ...
... term incompatible with dignified diction . Both . We sometimes hear such absurd sentences as , " They both resemble each other very much " ; " They are both alike ” ; “ They both met in the street . " Both is like- wise redundant in the ...
Sayfa 36
... term is insisted upon . But it is often noticed by foreigners as both making us more readily understood by them when speaking our own tongue , and as connected with a flexibility of organ , which enables us to acquire a better ...
... term is insisted upon . But it is often noticed by foreigners as both making us more readily understood by them when speaking our own tongue , and as connected with a flexibility of organ , which enables us to acquire a better ...
Sayfa 37
... severe frost in Manitoba , but although the bulk [ greater part ] of the wheat is still uncut , it was not damaged . " Bully . " The term is such good old English that there would be no objection to its revival , but for THE VERBALIST . 37.
... severe frost in Manitoba , but although the bulk [ greater part ] of the wheat is still uncut , it was not damaged . " Bully . " The term is such good old English that there would be no objection to its revival , but for THE VERBALIST . 37.
Sayfa 40
... term of Latin origin that we often use instead of the stronger Saxon term LIE . " Who is not familiar , " writes Dr. William Matthews , " with scores of pet phrases and cant terms which [ that ] are repeated at this day apparently ...
... term of Latin origin that we often use instead of the stronger Saxon term LIE . " Who is not familiar , " writes Dr. William Matthews , " with scores of pet phrases and cant terms which [ that ] are repeated at this day apparently ...
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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