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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Sayfa 51
... become , " set up as , " by first - class writers , for more than two cen- turies . Careful speakers make small use of commence in any sense ; they prefer to use its Saxon equivalent , begin . " " " The same persons , " says Godfrey ...
... become , " set up as , " by first - class writers , for more than two cen- turies . Careful speakers make small use of commence in any sense ; they prefer to use its Saxon equivalent , begin . " " " The same persons , " says Godfrey ...
Sayfa 55
... becoming general . Let us hope that the result may be by means of the continuous brakes to avoid the continual smash . " - Judy . See PERPETUALLY . Conversationist . This word is to be preferred to conversationalist . Mr. Richard Grant ...
... becoming general . Let us hope that the result may be by means of the continuous brakes to avoid the continual smash . " - Judy . See PERPETUALLY . Conversationist . This word is to be preferred to conversationalist . Mr. Richard Grant ...
Sayfa 93
... become well - nigh recreations . " - Ibid . , p . 143. The have been should be were , and the have become should be became . " Many pronominal adverbs are correlatives of each other . " - Harkness's New Latin Grammar , p . 147. Should ...
... become well - nigh recreations . " - Ibid . , p . 143. The have been should be were , and the have become should be became . " Many pronominal adverbs are correlatives of each other . " - Harkness's New Latin Grammar , p . 147. Should ...
Sayfa 99
... becomes much more forcible . Again : " The very first effect of the taxation plan would be destructive to the interests of this great multitude [ class ] ; it would impoverish our innumerable farmers , it would confiscate the earnings ...
... becomes much more forcible . Again : " The very first effect of the taxation plan would be destructive to the interests of this great multitude [ class ] ; it would impoverish our innumerable farmers , it would confiscate the earnings ...
Sayfa 100
... becomes simple and forcible . Former and latter . The less a writer uses these words the better . In the interest of force and clearness their use should be studiously avoided . It is nearly always better to repeat the noun . " The ...
... becomes simple and forcible . Former and latter . The less a writer uses these words the better . In the interest of force and clearness their use should be studiously avoided . It is nearly always better to repeat the noun . " The ...
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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