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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... look for the learning in the book is advised that he will best find it in such works as George P. Marsh's Lectures on the English Language , Fitz - Edward Hall's Recent Exem- plifications of False Philology , and Modern English ...
... look for the learning in the book is advised that he will best find it in such works as George P. Marsh's Lectures on the English Language , Fitz - Edward Hall's Recent Exem- plifications of False Philology , and Modern English ...
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... looks strange , " " he looks bad , " " he stood erect . " as , Adjectives sometimes properly qualify other adjectives ; " wide open , ” “ red hot , ” “ pale blue . ” Such sentences as the following are common , yet they THE VERBALIST . 3.
... looks strange , " " he looks bad , " " he stood erect . " as , Adjectives sometimes properly qualify other adjectives ; " wide open , ” “ red hot , ” “ pale blue . ” Such sentences as the following are common , yet they THE VERBALIST . 3.
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... looks as it would look though it had never been painted . ' ' The man moves as he would move though he were tired . ' ' He spoke as he would speak though he was offended . ' " Substitute if for though , and the meaning in every case is ...
... looks as it would look though it had never been painted . ' ' The man moves as he would move though he were tired . ' ' He spoke as he would speak though he was offended . ' " Substitute if for though , and the meaning in every case is ...
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... looks . An auditorium is a place where people assemble to hear , to listen to something ; a spectatorium is a place where people assemble to see , to look at something . Those that assem- ble in an auditorium are auditors , and ...
... looks . An auditorium is a place where people assemble to hear , to listen to something ; a spectatorium is a place where people assemble to see , to look at something . Those that assem- ble in an auditorium are auditors , and ...
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... looks , words , steps , form the alphabet by which you may spell characters . " - Lavater . Reputation means the estimation in which one is held . One's reputation , then , is what is thought of one's character ; consequently , one may ...
... looks , words , steps , form the alphabet by which you may spell characters . " - Lavater . Reputation means the estimation in which one is held . One's reputation , then , is what is thought of one's character ; consequently , one may ...
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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