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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... careful writers . It is better to say , foregoing or preceding statement , or paragraph . " Such ex- pressions as the above - mentioned , the above referred to , and the above related are perhaps permissible , but the diction would be ...
... careful writers . It is better to say , foregoing or preceding statement , or paragraph . " Such ex- pressions as the above - mentioned , the above referred to , and the above related are perhaps permissible , but the diction would be ...
Sayfa 18
... careful , per- missible in conversation , though incompatible with digni- fied diction , in which such phrases as " in any event , ” “ be that as it may , " " at any rate , " and the like , are to be pre- ferred . Aphorism . A principle ...
... careful , per- missible in conversation , though incompatible with digni- fied diction , in which such phrases as " in any event , ” “ be that as it may , " " at any rate , " and the like , are to be pre- ferred . Aphorism . A principle ...
Sayfa 22
... careful to make this distinction . As is sometimes very improperly used instead of that : " Not as [ that ] I know . " " I don't know as [ that ] they have either as a matter of law or of necessity . " As , preceded by such or by same ...
... careful to make this distinction . As is sometimes very improperly used instead of that : " Not as [ that ] I know . " " I don't know as [ that ] they have either as a matter of law or of necessity . " As , preceded by such or by same ...
Sayfa 29
... careful speakers , however , ordinarily prefer to use the former . Indeed , there is rarely any good reason for giving the preference to the latter . See also COM- MENCE . Being . See Is BEING . Being built . See Is BEING . Belong . We ...
... careful speakers , however , ordinarily prefer to use the former . Indeed , there is rarely any good reason for giving the preference to the latter . See also COM- MENCE . Being . See Is BEING . Being built . See Is BEING . Belong . We ...
Sayfa 34
... careful about grammar than are British Of course , however , nobody denies that the language has suffered some bad treatment here as well as abroad . ” — Gilbert M. Tucker . British against American Orthoëpy . " The causes of the ...
... careful about grammar than are British Of course , however , nobody denies that the language has suffered some bad treatment here as well as abroad . ” — Gilbert M. Tucker . British against American Orthoëpy . " The causes of 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