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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... Appear to Advantage in the Society of Persons of the Better Sort . 18mo . Cloth , $ 1.00 . Acting and Actors ; ELOCUTION AND ELOCUTIONISTS . With Pref- ace by Harrison Grey Fiske ; Introduction by Edgar S. Werner ; Prologue by James A ...
... Appear to Advantage in the Society of Persons of the Better Sort . 18mo . Cloth , $ 1.00 . Acting and Actors ; ELOCUTION AND ELOCUTIONISTS . With Pref- ace by Harrison Grey Fiske ; Introduction by Edgar S. Werner ; Prologue by James A ...
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... Appear . See SEEM . Appreciate . If any word in the language has cause to complain of ill - treatment , this one has . Appreciate means , to estimate justly — to set the true value on men or things , their worth , beauty , or advantages ...
... Appear . See SEEM . Appreciate . If any word in the language has cause to complain of ill - treatment , this one has . Appreciate means , to estimate justly — to set the true value on men or things , their worth , beauty , or advantages ...
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... appear- ance of the same man . " " I am creditably Duke of Argyle can arms . " " [ credibly ] informed that the assemble five thousand men in Crime - Vice - Sin . The confusion that exists in the use of these words is due largely to an ...
... appear- ance of the same man . " " I am creditably Duke of Argyle can arms . " " [ credibly ] informed that the assemble five thousand men in Crime - Vice - Sin . The confusion that exists in the use of these words is due largely to an ...
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... appears to have been made , " etc .; read , " appears never to have been made . " 61. " Rather to aspirate more than less " ; should be , " to aspirate more rather than less . " * Mr. Gould criticises the dean's diction , not his style ...
... appears to have been made , " etc .; read , " appears never to have been made . " 61. " Rather to aspirate more than less " ; should be , " to aspirate more rather than less . " * Mr. Gould criticises the dean's diction , not his style ...
Sayfa 131
... appear irreligion . " - Cambridge . Irritate . See AGGRAVATE . Is being . A tolerable idea of the state of the discus- sion regarding the propriety of using the locution is being built , and all like expressions , will , it THE ...
... appear irreligion . " - Cambridge . Irritate . See AGGRAVATE . Is being . A tolerable idea of the state of the discus- sion regarding the propriety of using the locution is being built , and all like expressions , will , it THE ...
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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