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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... Cloth , $ 1.25 . The Verbalist . 18mo . 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 Propriety . 18mo . Cloth , $ 1.25 ...
... Cloth , $ 1.25 . The Verbalist . 18mo . 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 Propriety . 18mo . Cloth , $ 1.25 ...
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... clothes being burned . ' ' We hear little of any connection being kept up between the two nations . ' The men rowed vigorously for fear of the tide turning against us . ' But most examples of the construction without the possessive form ...
... clothes being burned . ' ' We hear little of any connection being kept up between the two nations . ' The men rowed vigorously for fear of the tide turning against us . ' But most examples of the construction without the possessive form ...
Sayfa 72
... clothes and down one's back by the pre- vailing March wind , is properly called dirt ; but it is casting an imputation on the wisdom of the Creator to say that he has made our beautiful earth entirely 72 THE VERBALIST . different from ...
... clothes and down one's back by the pre- vailing March wind , is properly called dirt ; but it is casting an imputation on the wisdom of the Creator to say that he has made our beautiful earth entirely 72 THE VERBALIST . different from ...
Sayfa 161
... clothes , but laid [ lay ] down in them wrapped in my cloak . " Learn . Long ago this verb was used as a synonym of teach , but in this sense it is now obsolete . To teach is to give instruction ; to learn is to take instruction . " I ...
... clothes , but laid [ lay ] down in them wrapped in my cloak . " Learn . Long ago this verb was used as a synonym of teach , but in this sense it is now obsolete . To teach is to give instruction ; to learn is to take instruction . " I ...
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... clothing but boots . ' The negroes are to appear only at church in boots ' might mean that they are not to appear anywhere but at church , whether in boots or out of them . The proper arrangement would be to connect the adverbial ...
... clothing but boots . ' The negroes are to appear only at church in boots ' might mean that they are not to appear anywhere but at church , whether in boots or out of them . The proper arrangement would be to connect the adverbial ...
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