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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Sayfa 9
... improperly used for only . That is alone that is unaccompanied ; that is only of which there is no other . " Virtue alone makes us happy , " means that virtue unaided suffices to make us happy ; " Virtue only makes us happy , " means ...
... improperly used for only . That is alone that is unaccompanied ; that is only of which there is no other . " Virtue alone makes us happy , " means that virtue unaided suffices to make us happy ; " Virtue only makes us happy , " means ...
Sayfa 12
... improperly used instead of or ; thus , " It is obvious that a language like the Greek and Latin ( language ? ) , etc. , should be , a language like the Greek or the Latin " ( language ) , etc. There is no such thing as a Greek and Latin ...
... improperly used instead of or ; thus , " It is obvious that a language like the Greek and Latin ( language ? ) , etc. , should be , a language like the Greek or the Latin " ( language ) , etc. There is no such thing as a Greek and Latin ...
Sayfa 20
... improperly made to do service for rise or increase in value ; thus , " Land appre- ciates rapidly in the West . " .. . in Dr. L. T. Townsend misuses appreciate in his Art of Speech , vol . i , p . 142 , thus : " The laws of harmony may ...
... improperly made to do service for rise or increase in value ; thus , " Land appre- ciates rapidly in the West . " .. . in Dr. L. T. Townsend misuses appreciate in his Art of Speech , vol . i , p . 142 , thus : " The laws of harmony may ...
Sayfa 21
... improperly used in the sense of address , petition , memorialize , appeal to ; thus , " The teachers have approached the Educational Department in some matters that concern their interest . " Approach is frequently used in a sense that ...
... improperly used in the sense of address , petition , memorialize , appeal to ; thus , " The teachers have approached the Educational Department in some matters that concern their interest . " Approach is frequently used in a sense that ...
Sayfa 22
... 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 , has the force of a relative applying to persons or to ...
... 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 , has the force of a relative applying to persons or to ...
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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