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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... truth is , however , that most Americans that use an before these h's are not aware that , when they do so , the h should be dropped in the utterance , which to that extent is to Cock- neyize the language . The And . Few vulgarisms are ...
... truth is , however , that most Americans that use an before these h's are not aware that , when they do so , the h should be dropped in the utterance , which to that extent is to Cock- neyize the language . The And . Few vulgarisms are ...
Sayfa 20
... truths which [ that ] we do not comprehend . " ' Apprehend , " says Crabb , expresses the weakest kind of belief , the having [ of ] the least idea of the ... truth , and yet we can not entirely grasp and master it 20 THE VERBALIST .
... truths which [ that ] we do not comprehend . " ' Apprehend , " says Crabb , expresses the weakest kind of belief , the having [ of ] the least idea of the ... truth , and yet we can not entirely grasp and master it 20 THE VERBALIST .
Sayfa 22
... truth . To calumniate , is to fabricate and circulate anything to the injury of another . Ill report originates with the calumniator ; the slanderer is he that 22 THE VERBALIST . In a negative proposition, so corresponds to as: ...
... truth . To calumniate , is to fabricate and circulate anything to the injury of another . Ill report originates with the calumniator ; the slanderer is he that 22 THE VERBALIST . In a negative proposition, so corresponds to as: ...
Sayfa 62
... truth , not always of the most amiable description . " " But little trace has been left of Roman occupation , and such remains as have been discovered are mainly of the portable description that affords little proof of actual settlement ...
... truth , not always of the most amiable description . " " But little trace has been left of Roman occupation , and such remains as have been discovered are mainly of the portable description that affords little proof of actual settlement ...
Sayfa 63
... truth . " Here we have the two ends of the diameter . Diction . This is a general term , and is applicable to a single sentence or to a connected composition . Bad dic- tion may be due to errors in grammar , to a confused dispo- sition ...
... truth . " Here we have the two ends of the diameter . Diction . This is a general term , and is applicable to a single sentence or to a connected composition . Bad dic- tion may be due to errors in grammar , to a confused dispo- sition ...
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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