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, 1896 - 337 sayfa |
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... continually found fault with " ; " He is easily aggravated [ irritated ] . " To aggravate means to add weight to , to intensify , to make worse , to heighten . We therefore very properly speak of aggravating circum- stances . To say of ...
... continually found fault with " ; " He is easily aggravated [ irritated ] . " To aggravate means to add weight to , to intensify , to make worse , to heighten . We therefore very properly speak of aggravating circum- stances . To say of ...
Sayfa 55
... Continually . See PERPETUALLY . 66 Continue on . The on in this phrase is usually super- fluous . ' We continued on ... Continual . A continuous action is one that is uninterrupted , and goes on unceasingly as long as it lasts , though ...
... Continually . See PERPETUALLY . 66 Continue on . The on in this phrase is usually super- fluous . ' We continued on ... Continual . A continuous action is one that is uninterrupted , and goes on unceasingly as long as it lasts , though ...
Sayfa 80
... continually see such phrases as , ' either side of the street was lined with police ' ; on either side of the throne was a chair of state ' ; ' on either side of her Majesty stood , ' etc. Surely in all these cases the word each should ...
... continually see such phrases as , ' either side of the street was lined with police ' ; on either side of the throne was a chair of state ' ; ' on either side of her Majesty stood , ' etc. Surely in all these cases the word each should ...
Sayfa 81
... continual elimination of the accidental from the neces- sary . " " The preparatory step of the discussion was an elimi- nation of these less precise and [ less ] appropriate significa- tions , which , as they could at best only afford ...
... continual elimination of the accidental from the neces- sary . " " The preparatory step of the discussion was an elimi- nation of these less precise and [ less ] appropriate significa- tions , which , as they could at best only afford ...
Sayfa 84
... [ continually ] taking place between the knights , which were sometimes fierce and bloody . Shakespeare sometimes uses the word in the sense of meet , thus : " See , they encounter thee with their hearts ' thanks . " In this sense the ...
... [ continually ] taking place between the knights , which were sometimes fierce and bloody . Shakespeare sometimes uses the word in the sense of meet , thus : " See , they encounter thee with their hearts ' thanks . " In this sense the ...
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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 heard idiomatic imperfect tense improperly incorrect intended John kind lady language Latin less 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 subjunctive subjunctive mood superfluous synonym taste tence term thing thou thought tion truth usage verb vulgarism Webster's Dictionary woman word is sometimes York