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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... a man's company may be known by his manner of expressing himself . - SWIFT . NEW AND REVISED EDITION , MUCH ENLARGED INTER FOLIA FRUCTUS NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1902 COPYRIGHT , 1881 , 1896 , By D. APPLETON AND THE VERBALIST.
... a man's company may be known by his manner of expressing himself . - SWIFT . NEW AND REVISED EDITION , MUCH ENLARGED INTER FOLIA FRUCTUS NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1902 COPYRIGHT , 1881 , 1896 , By D. APPLETON AND THE VERBALIST.
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... expression of inac- curate thinking . - RICHARD Grant White . To acquire a few tongues is the labor of a few years ... expression . - CAMPBELL . Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are com- monly found together . Obscurity of ...
... expression of inac- curate thinking . - RICHARD Grant White . To acquire a few tongues is the labor of a few years ... expression . - CAMPBELL . Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are com- monly found together . Obscurity of ...
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... expression that are perhaps best characterized by the word bizarre . Of these queer locutions , amount of perfection is a very good exam . ple . Mr. G. F. Watts , in the Nineteenth Century , says , An amount of perfection has been ...
... expression that are perhaps best characterized by the word bizarre . Of these queer locutions , amount of perfection is a very good exam . ple . Mr. G. F. Watts , in the Nineteenth Century , says , An amount of perfection has been ...
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... expressions some one else , any one else , every one else , somebody else , etc. , are in good usage treated as substantive phrases and have the possessive inflection upon the else : as , ' somebody else's umbrella ' ; but some prefer ...
... expressions some one else , any one else , every one else , somebody else , etc. , are in good usage treated as substantive phrases and have the possessive inflection upon the else : as , ' somebody else's umbrella ' ; but some prefer ...
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... expression we often hear - is nonsense . " I have great regard for him , " or , " I think a great deal of him , ” or , “ I hold him in high esteem , " is what we should say . We value , or prize , things highly , not appreciate them ...
... expression we often hear - is nonsense . " I have great regard for him , " or , " I think a great deal of him , ” or , “ I hold him in high esteem , " is what we should say . We value , or prize , things highly , not appreciate them ...
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