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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... leave of with regret . " - Charles Reade . " They know that every hope of national temperance reform rests upon the success of the party which has alone shown itself possessed of any concern for moral and social progress . ” — N . Y ...
... leave of with regret . " - Charles Reade . " They know that every hope of national temperance reform rests upon the success of the party which has alone shown itself possessed of any concern for moral and social progress . ” — N . Y ...
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... leave this practice to those Americans that , after the fashion of the English , pronounce year , yer , here , hyer , and been , bene , though there is no authority for saying anything but yere and here , and little authority for saying ...
... leave this practice to those Americans that , after the fashion of the English , pronounce year , yer , here , hyer , and been , bene , though there is no authority for saying anything but yere and here , and little authority for saying ...
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... leave to acknowledge , " etc. No one would say , " I beg to tell you , " instead of , " I beg leave to tell you . " Begin - Commence . These words have the same meaning 28 THE VERBALIST .
... leave to acknowledge , " etc. No one would say , " I beg to tell you , " instead of , " I beg leave to tell you . " Begin - Commence . These words have the same meaning 28 THE VERBALIST .
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... leaves no doubt but that the nomination , " etc. : suppress but . " There is no reasonable doubt but that it is all it professes to be " : suppress but . " The mind no sooner entertains any proposition but it presently hastens , " etc ...
... leaves no doubt but that the nomination , " etc. : suppress but . " There is no reasonable doubt but that it is all it professes to be " : suppress but . " The mind no sooner entertains any proposition but it presently hastens , " etc ...
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... [ leave ] to repeat that we require [ need ? ] more articles capable [ susceptible ] of pictorial illustration . " - Phrenological Journal . Capacity . See ABILITY . Caption . This word is often used for heading , but , thus used , it is ...
... [ leave ] to repeat that we require [ need ? ] more articles capable [ susceptible ] of pictorial illustration . " - Phrenological Journal . Capacity . See ABILITY . Caption . This word is often used for heading , but , thus used , it is ...
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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