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, 1881 - 220 sayfa |
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Sayfa 36
... plural , the terms cherubims and seraphims , as expressing the plural , are quite improper . " - " Philosophy of Rhetoric . " Citizen . This word properly means one who has cer- tain political rights ; when , therefore , it is used , as ...
... plural , the terms cherubims and seraphims , as expressing the plural , are quite improper . " - " Philosophy of Rhetoric . " Citizen . This word properly means one who has cer- tain political rights ; when , therefore , it is used , as ...
Sayfa 56
... plural of this word is effluvia . It is a common error with those who have no knowledge of Latin to speak of " a disagreeable effluvia , " which is as incorrect as it would be to talk about " a disagreeable vapors . " Effort without ...
... plural of this word is effluvia . It is a common error with those who have no knowledge of Latin to speak of " a disagreeable effluvia , " which is as incorrect as it would be to talk about " a disagreeable vapors . " Effort without ...
Sayfa 59
... superfluous , and consequently inelegant . Anxiety of mind is a scarcely less redundant form of expression . A capricious mind is in the same category . Erratum . Plural , errata . Esquire . An esquire THE VERBALIST . 59.
... superfluous , and consequently inelegant . Anxiety of mind is a scarcely less redundant form of expression . A capricious mind is in the same category . Erratum . Plural , errata . Esquire . An esquire THE VERBALIST . 59.
Sayfa 60
... Plural , errata . Esquire . An esquire was originally the shield - bearer of a knight . It is much , and , in the opinion of some , rather absurdly , used in this country . Mr. Richard Grant White says on the subject of its use : " I ...
... Plural , errata . Esquire . An esquire was originally the shield - bearer of a knight . It is much , and , in the opinion of some , rather absurdly , used in this country . Mr. Richard Grant White says on the subject of its use : " I ...
Sayfa 67
... plural , to designate the sex . " If I was a gentleman , " says Miss Snooks . " Gentlemen have just as much curiosity as ladies , " says Mrs. Jenkins . " Gentlemen have so much more liberty than we ladies have , " says Mrs. Parvenue ...
... plural , to designate the sex . " If I was a gentleman , " says Miss Snooks . " Gentlemen have just as much curiosity as ladies , " says Mrs. Jenkins . " Gentlemen have so much more liberty than we ladies have , " says Mrs. Parvenue ...
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