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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... future editions . If The Verbalist receive as kindly a wel- come as its companion volume , The Orthoë- pist , has received , I shall be content . A. A. NEW YORK , October , 1881 . ESCHEW fine words as you would rouge . — HARE.
... future editions . If The Verbalist receive as kindly a wel- come as its companion volume , The Orthoë- pist , has received , I shall be content . A. A. NEW YORK , October , 1881 . ESCHEW fine words as you would rouge . — HARE.
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... future . " - Dr . Fitzedward Hall . " The memorial sketch is a model of propriety . The author has carefully refrained from anticipating the biogra- phy that , we trust , will shortly see the light . " - N . Y. Sun. " In several ...
... future . " - Dr . Fitzedward Hall . " The memorial sketch is a model of propriety . The author has carefully refrained from anticipating the biogra- phy that , we trust , will shortly see the light . " - N . Y. Sun. " In several ...
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... better express the meaning intended . Anxious means full of anxiety ; suffering from suspense or uncertainty ; concerned about the future ; solicitous ; 16 THE VERBALIST . "Of genius-that power which constitutes a poet...
... better express the meaning intended . Anxious means full of anxiety ; suffering from suspense or uncertainty ; concerned about the future ; solicitous ; 16 THE VERBALIST . "Of genius-that power which constitutes a poet...
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... future ; solicitous ; unquiet ; uneasy - which is wide of the meaning intended in the following sentences : " Not anxious to get to Canada . ” " Mr. S. is not willing to accept [ assume ] the respon- sibility of backing the first ...
... future ; solicitous ; unquiet ; uneasy - which is wide of the meaning intended in the following sentences : " Not anxious to get to Canada . ” " Mr. S. is not willing to accept [ assume ] the respon- sibility of backing the first ...
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... future . " Dirt . This word means filth , or anything that renders foul and unclean , and means nothing else . It is often im- properly used for earth or loam , and sometimes even for sand or gravel . We not unfrequently hear of a dirt ...
... future . " Dirt . This word means filth , or anything that renders foul and unclean , and means nothing else . It is often im- properly used for earth or loam , and sometimes even for sand or gravel . We not unfrequently hear of a dirt ...
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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