The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those who Would Speak and Write with ProprietyD. Appleton, 1882 - 220 sayfa |
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Sayfa 12
... correct use of the word , as to adopt , means , to assume as one's own . Adopt is sometimes so misused that its meaning is in- verted . " Wanted to adopt , " in the heading of advertise- ments , not unfrequently is intended to mean that ...
... correct use of the word , as to adopt , means , to assume as one's own . Adopt is sometimes so misused that its meaning is in- verted . " Wanted to adopt , " in the heading of advertise- ments , not unfrequently is intended to mean that ...
Sayfa 17
... correct . " — " New York Times , " Sunday , July 31 , 1881. An English writer says : such phrases as anybody else , and the like , else is often put in the possessive case ; as , anybody else's servant ' ; and some grammarians defend ...
... correct . " — " New York Times , " Sunday , July 31 , 1881. An English writer says : such phrases as anybody else , and the like , else is often put in the possessive case ; as , anybody else's servant ' ; and some grammarians defend ...
Sayfa 18
... correct . We value , or prize , things highly , not appreciate them highly . This word is also very improperly made to do service for rise , or increase , in value ; thus , " Land appreciates rapidly in the West . " Dr. L. T. Townsend ...
... correct . We value , or prize , things highly , not appreciate them highly . This word is also very improperly made to do service for rise , or increase , in value ; thus , " Land appreciates rapidly in the West . " Dr. L. T. Townsend ...
Sayfa 20
... correctly , as far as . ' " " As , preceded by such or by same , has the force of a rela- tive applying to persons or to things . " He offered me the same conditions as he offered you . " " The same conditions that " would be equally ...
... correctly , as far as . ' " " As , preceded by such or by same , has the force of a rela- tive applying to persons or to things . " He offered me the same conditions as he offered you . " " The same conditions that " would be equally ...
Sayfa 24
... her this book also . " We use the words correctly thus : " Fetch , or go bring , me an apple from the cellar " ; " When you come home bring some lemons book home 24 THE VERBALIST . Both. We sometimes hear such absurd sentences as, ...
... her this book also . " We use the words correctly thus : " Fetch , or go bring , me an apple from the cellar " ; " When you come home bring some lemons book home 24 THE VERBALIST . Both. We sometimes hear such absurd sentences as, ...
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adjective adverb American appear authority Bain better built called careful writers clause Cobbett comma common Composition coördinating correct diction doubt Elizabeth Proctor ellipsis English English Language error euphonious example expression Fitzedward Hall frequently friends gentleman give grammar grammarians hear hence idiom idiomatic imperfect tense improperly incorrect John kind Knights Templars lady language Latin less lish lived matter means meant ment Metonymy mind misused mood neuter never nice noun object opinion participle passive persons phrase PLEONASM plural possessive preposition present Professor pronoun proper properly qualify reader reason reference relative reply Rhetoric Richard Grant White Sally Brown sense simply singular solecism speak speech style subjunctive subjunctive mood superfluous syllable synonym taste tence tense term thing thou thought tion tive tongue Townsend truth unfrequently usage utter verb vulgar wise woman word is sometimes
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Sayfa 113 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Sayfa 160 - The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Sayfa 187 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
Sayfa 141 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Sayfa 183 - Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
Sayfa 127 - I cannot tell, what you and other men Think of this life; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be, as live to be In awe of such a thing as I m,yself.
Sayfa 186 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Sayfa 163 - ... and my blood, And let all sleep, while to my shame I see The imminent death of twenty thousand men, That for a fantasy and trick of fame Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause, Which is not tomb enough and continent To hide the slain ? O, from this time forth, My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth ! \Exit.
Sayfa 164 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whispered promised pleasure And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...
Sayfa 140 - Earth felt the wound, and nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe, That all was lost.