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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... Speak and Write with Propriety Alfred Ayres. Accord . " He [ the Secretary of the Treasury ] was shown through the ... speaking and in writing of stage matters these words are often misused . To adapt a play is to modify its construction ...
... Speak and Write with Propriety Alfred Ayres. Accord . " He [ the Secretary of the Treasury ] was shown through the ... speaking and in writing of stage matters these words are often misused . To adapt a play is to modify its construction ...
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... Speak and Write with Propriety Alfred Ayres. Such sentences as the following are common , yet they are all incorrect : " He was questioned relative [ relatively ] to the matter " ; " I should have done it independent [ inde- pendently ] ...
... Speak and Write with Propriety Alfred Ayres. Such sentences as the following are common , yet they are all incorrect : " He was questioned relative [ relatively ] to the matter " ; " I should have done it independent [ inde- pendently ] ...
Sayfa 6
... Speak and Write with Propriety Alfred Ayres. " The purses offered at the two meetings aggregate $ 32,000 . " - N . Y. Times . Aggregate means , to form into a collection or mass ; hence we could say properly , The purses aggregated ...
... Speak and Write with Propriety Alfred Ayres. " The purses offered at the two meetings aggregate $ 32,000 . " - N . Y. Times . Aggregate means , to form into a collection or mass ; hence we could say properly , The purses aggregated ...
Sayfa 12
... Speak and Write with Propriety Alfred Ayres. " " your brother , if you can . ' In such sentences as these the proper particle to use is clearly to , and not and . " " And is sometimes improperly used instead of or ; thus , " It is ...
... Speak and Write with Propriety Alfred Ayres. " " your brother , if you can . ' In such sentences as these the proper particle to use is clearly to , and not and . " " And is sometimes improperly used instead of or ; thus , " It is ...
Sayfa 14
... Speak and Write with Propriety Alfred Ayres. " We anticipate what a person is going to say by saying it before him . " - Crabb . 66 But , after all , it may simply anticipate on the English of the future . " - Dr . Fitzedward Hall ...
... Speak and Write with Propriety Alfred Ayres. " We anticipate what a person is going to say by saying it before him . " - Crabb . 66 But , after all , it may simply anticipate on the English of the future . " - Dr . Fitzedward Hall ...
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