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, 1902 - 337 sayfa |
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... America . Those that think so are counseled o examine the diction of some of the most noted English critics and ... American has no difficulty in aspirating his h's , there is no excuse for his dropping the initial h in polysyllabic ...
... America . Those that think so are counseled o examine the diction of some of the most noted English critics and ... American has no difficulty in aspirating his h's , there is no excuse for his dropping the initial h in polysyllabic ...
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... American Consul for Syria came down here to make further inquiries into an incident which occurred a year ago at Acre , and to which I alluded in a letter at the time , and which gave rise to one of those interminable questions which ...
... American Consul for Syria came down here to make further inquiries into an incident which occurred a year ago at Acre , and to which I alluded in a letter at the time , and which gave rise to one of those interminable questions which ...
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... American English . The good - will and furniture of the house were disposed of by [ not at ] private sale.-N. Y. Times . The elephant Emperor has been sold by auction in England for $ 500. - N . Y. Sun. But we may buy at an auction and ...
... American English . The good - will and furniture of the house were disposed of by [ not at ] private sale.-N. Y. Times . The elephant Emperor has been sold by auction in England for $ 500. - N . Y. Sun. But we may buy at an auction and ...
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... Americans who [ that ] find their avocation in book - collecting has greatly increased within the last few years . " “ Let your authorship be a pastime , not a trade ; let it be your avocation , not your vocation . " " The tracing of ...
... Americans who [ that ] find their avocation in book - collecting has greatly increased within the last few years . " “ Let your authorship be a pastime , not a trade ; let it be your avocation , not your vocation . " " The tracing of ...
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... American English is a laxity , irregu- larity , and confusion in the use of particles . The same thing is , indeed ... America . . . . In the tenses of the verbs , I am inclined to think that well - educated Americans conform more ...
... American English is a laxity , irregu- larity , and confusion in the use of particles . The same thing is , indeed ... America . . . . In the tenses of the verbs , I am inclined to think that well - educated Americans conform more ...
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adjective adverb American appears authority better built called careful writers clause Cloth 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 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 seen sense simply solecism Sometimes misused speak speakers speech Story subjunctive subjunctive mood superfluous synonym taste Taxidermy tence term thing thou thought tion truth usage verb vulgarism woman word is sometimes York