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 9
... the adjective in certain instances , yet such forms as ' indifferent well , ' ' extreme bad , ' are gram- matical errors . ' He was interrogated relative to that cir- cumstance , ' should be relatively , or in relation THE VERBALIST . 9.
... the adjective in certain instances , yet such forms as ' indifferent well , ' ' extreme bad , ' are gram- matical errors . ' He was interrogated relative to that cir- cumstance , ' should be relatively , or in relation THE VERBALIST . 9.
Sayfa 31
... relatives are placed in the sentence at a distance from their antecedents or verbs or prepositions , the ear gives us no assistance . ' Who , of all the men in the world , do you think I saw to - day ? ' ' Who 3 THE VERBALIST . 31 ...
... relatives are placed in the sentence at a distance from their antecedents or verbs or prepositions , the ear gives us no assistance . ' Who , of all the men in the world , do you think I saw to - day ? ' ' Who 3 THE VERBALIST . 31 ...
Sayfa 32
... relative , as , who I saw , to who the office was given , and you see the error at once . But take care ! Whom , of all the men in the world , do you think , was chosen to be sent as an ambassador ? ' Whom , for the sake of his numerous ...
... relative , as , who I saw , to who the office was given , and you see the error at once . But take care ! Whom , of all the men in the world , do you think , was chosen to be sent as an ambassador ? ' Whom , for the sake of his numerous ...
Sayfa 46
... relative those being clergymen , the sentence , it will be perceived , says : " The author has felt that clergymen more than clergymen of other professions will study this treatise . " Comment on such " art as Professor Townsend's is ...
... relative those being clergymen , the sentence , it will be perceived , says : " The author has felt that clergymen more than clergymen of other professions will study this treatise . " Comment on such " art as Professor Townsend's is ...
Sayfa 74
... relatives drift so far from their moor- ings as to lose themselves , or make attachments where they do not belong . " Again , p . 135 : " Every law of speech en- forces the statement that there is no excuse for such 74 THE VERBALIST .
... relatives drift so far from their moor- ings as to lose themselves , or make attachments where they do not belong . " Again , p . 135 : " Every law of speech en- forces the statement that there is no excuse for such 74 THE VERBALIST .
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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 England English English Language error example expression Fitzedward Hall frequently friends gentleman give grammar grammarians hear hence house is building idiom idiomatic imperfect tense improperly incorrect John kind Knights Templars lady language Latin less lish live matter means meant Metonymy mind misused mood neuter never nice noun object opinion participle passive persons phrase PLEONASM plural possessive preposition present Professor pronoun properly propriety qualify 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 term thing thou thought tion tive tongue Townsend truth unfrequently usage utter verb vulgar William Cobbett wise woman word is sometimes
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Sayfa 13 - Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Sayfa 13 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, < And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
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 16 - Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden.
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 187 - Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.
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?