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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... called an adaptation ; in the second , a dramatization . Adjectives . Adjectives are often properly used where the tyro in grammar would expect to find an adverb ; as , " drink deep , " " this looks strange , " " he looks bad , " " he ...
... called an adaptation ; in the second , a dramatization . Adjectives . Adjectives are often properly used where the tyro in grammar would expect to find an adverb ; as , " drink deep , " " this looks strange , " " he looks bad , " " he ...
Sayfa 6
... called a contraction , and how- ever much it may be employed it will still be only a vul- garism . 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 ...
... called a contraction , and how- ever much it may be employed it will still be only a vul- garism . 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 ...
Sayfa 7
... . An elaborated metaphor is called an alle- gory ; both are figurative representations , the words used signifying something beyond their literal meaning . Thus , in the eightieth Psalm , the Jews are represented under THE VERBALIST . 7.
... . An elaborated metaphor is called an alle- gory ; both are figurative representations , the words used signifying something beyond their literal meaning . Thus , in the eightieth Psalm , the Jews are represented under THE VERBALIST . 7.
Sayfa 15
... called an antithesis . " I see a chief who leads my chosen sons , All armed with points , antitheses , and puns . " The following are examples : 66 ' Though gentle , yet not dull ; Strong , without rage ; without o'erflowing , full ...
... called an antithesis . " I see a chief who leads my chosen sons , All armed with points , antitheses , and puns . " The following are examples : 66 ' Though gentle , yet not dull ; Strong , without rage ; without o'erflowing , full ...
Sayfa 17
... the treatment than about the matter . " - Julian Hawthorne . ' Naturally she was anxious about the appearance he made in what is called ' society . ' ” — Badeau . Any . This word is sometimes made to do service THE VERBALIST . 17.
... the treatment than about the matter . " - Julian Hawthorne . ' Naturally she was anxious about the appearance he made in what is called ' society . ' ” — Badeau . Any . This word is sometimes made to do service THE VERBALIST . 17.
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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