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 |
Kitabın içinden
14 sonuçtan 1-5 arası sonuçlar
Sayfa 3
Ad . This abbreviation for the word advertisement is very justly considered a gross vulgarism . It is doubtful whether it is ever permissible . Adapt - Dramatize . In speaking and in writing of stage matters these words are often ...
Ad . This abbreviation for the word advertisement is very justly considered a gross vulgarism . It is doubtful whether it is ever permissible . Adapt - Dramatize . In speaking and in writing of stage matters these words are often ...
Sayfa 6
... be only a vulgarism . I'm not is the only possible contraction of I am not , and we're not of we are not . Alike . This word is often most bunglingly coupled with both . Thus , " These bonnets are both alike , ” or , worse still ...
... be only a vulgarism . I'm not is the only possible contraction of I am not , and we're not of we are not . Alike . This word is often most bunglingly coupled with both . Thus , " These bonnets are both alike , ” or , worse still ...
Sayfa 30
Here is a gross vulgarism that we sometimes hear from persons of considerable culture . They use it in the sense of acc use or suspect ; thus , “ He blames it on his brother , ” meaning that he accuses or suspects his brother of having ...
Here is a gross vulgarism that we sometimes hear from persons of considerable culture . They use it in the sense of acc use or suspect ; thus , “ He blames it on his brother , ” meaning that he accuses or suspects his brother of having ...
Sayfa 111
It is a gross vulgarism to use the word guess not in its true and specific sense , but simply for think or suppose . " - Webster . Guess , as used by the American , is hardly so strong in signification as think or suppose .
It is a gross vulgarism to use the word guess not in its true and specific sense , but simply for think or suppose . " - Webster . Guess , as used by the American , is hardly so strong in signification as think or suppose .
Sayfa 112
... nor the precise meaning of had better . " - Samuel Ramsey . “ I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God , than to dwell in the tents of wickedness . ” — Psalms . Hain't . A very objectionable vulgarism . Handy .
... nor the precise meaning of had better . " - Samuel Ramsey . “ I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God , than to dwell in the tents of wickedness . ” — Psalms . Hain't . A very objectionable vulgarism . Handy .
Kullanıcılar ne diyor? - Eleştiri yazın
Her zamanki yerlerde hiçbir eleştiri bulamadık.
Diğer baskılar - Tümünü görüntüle
Sık kullanılan terimler ve kelime öbekleri
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
Kaynakça bilgileri
| Başlık | 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 |
| Yazar | Alfred Ayres |
| Yayıncı | D. Appleton, 1911 |
| Orijinalin kaynağı: | Minnesota Üniversitesi |
| Dijital ortama aktarılmış | 21 Eki 2013 |
| ISBN | 0827436696, 9780827436695 |
| Uzunluk | 337 sayfa |
| Alıntıyı Dışa Aktar | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |