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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“ American writers of the first class seem to be , on the whole , rather more careful about grammar than are British Of course , however , nobody denies that the language has suffered some bad treatment here as well as abroad .
“ American writers of the first class seem to be , on the whole , rather more careful about grammar than are British Of course , however , nobody denies that the language has suffered some bad treatment here as well as abroad .
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In spite of the coldness of our winters , our flora shows that the climate of even our Northern States belongs , upon the whole , to a more southern type than that of England . In southern latitudes , at least within the temperate zone ...
In spite of the coldness of our winters , our flora shows that the climate of even our Northern States belongs , upon the whole , to a more southern type than that of England . In southern latitudes , at least within the temperate zone ...
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Strangely enough , this word is often misused in the sense of disapprove , censure , condemn ; as , He deprecates the whole proceeding ” ; “ Your course , from first to last , is universally deprecated .
Strangely enough , this word is often misused in the sense of disapprove , censure , condemn ; as , He deprecates the whole proceeding ” ; “ Your course , from first to last , is universally deprecated .
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It has 5 not , indeed , ' been possible to refer to ? them all ; but so many illustrations 8 have been given in the several classes described that the reader will have 10 a satisfactory " survey of the whole subject .
It has 5 not , indeed , ' been possible to refer to ? them all ; but so many illustrations 8 have been given in the several classes described that the reader will have 10 a satisfactory " survey of the whole subject .
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It was not possible to cite them all , but a sufficient number of examples of the several classes described have been given to enable the reader to get a tolerable survey of the whole subject . Whatever may be said of the other parts of ...
It was not possible to cite them all , but a sufficient number of examples of the several classes described have been given to enable the reader to get a tolerable survey of the whole subject . Whatever may be said of the other parts of ...
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| 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 |
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