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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... Noun- Construction . If the book is now not so good as it should be , then - it should have had another author . A. A. NEW YORK , January , 1896 . iii 61047 PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION . THE title - page sufficiently 428.3.
... Noun- Construction . If the book is now not so good as it should be , then - it should have had another author . A. A. NEW YORK , January , 1896 . iii 61047 PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION . THE title - page sufficiently 428.3.
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... noun . Such expressions as " the above statement " or " it seems from the above " are not sanctioned by careful writers . It is better to say , foregoing or preceding statement , or paragraph . " Such ex- pressions as the above ...
... noun . Such expressions as " the above statement " or " it seems from the above " are not sanctioned by careful writers . It is better to say , foregoing or preceding statement , or paragraph . " Such ex- pressions as the above ...
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... nouns by writers of repute ; but antiquarian , Todd , Hodgson , and some other grammarians insist , should be used only as an adjective . Antithesis . A phrase that opposes contraries is called an antithesis . 66 I see a chief who leads ...
... nouns by writers of repute ; but antiquarian , Todd , Hodgson , and some other grammarians insist , should be used only as an adjective . Antithesis . A phrase that opposes contraries is called an antithesis . 66 I see a chief who leads ...
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... noun . " It is better grammar and more euphoni- ous to consider else as being an adjective , and to form the possessive by adding the apostrophe and s to the word that else qualifies ; thus , anybody's else , nobody's else , some ...
... noun . " It is better grammar and more euphoni- ous to consider else as being an adjective , and to form the possessive by adding the apostrophe and s to the word that else qualifies ; thus , anybody's else , nobody's else , some ...
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... noun we sup- pose them to qualify - we still see that the article is neces- sary . We always say , " I did the best I could , " " You saw him at his best , ' " Let them do their worst , " " I will do my best , " etc. 666 At last . At ...
... noun we sup- pose them to qualify - we still see that the article is neces- sary . We always say , " I did the best I could , " " You saw him at his best , ' " Let them do their worst , " " I will do my best , " etc. 666 At last . At ...
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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