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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... ( plural of pea ) , plough , draught , shew , cyder , gaol , and many other words that have been simplified in this country . " American speech changes less than British . ( a ) We have preserved hundreds of words that have gone out of ...
... ( plural of pea ) , plough , draught , shew , cyder , gaol , and many other words that have been simplified in this country . " American speech changes less than British . ( a ) We have preserved hundreds of words that have gone out of ...
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... plural , the terms cherubims and seraphims , as expressing the plural , are quite improper . " - Philosophy of Rhetoric . Chiefly . This is one of quite a list of words that are often misplaced . 66 In my last conversation with Mr ...
... plural , the terms cherubims and seraphims , as expressing the plural , are quite improper . " - Philosophy of Rhetoric . Chiefly . This is one of quite a list of words that are often misplaced . 66 In my last conversation with Mr ...
Sayfa 78
... plural of this word is effluvia . It is a common error with those that have no knowledge of Latin to speak of " a disagreeable effluvia , " which is as incorrect as it would be to talk about " a disagreeable vapors . " And then , as ...
... plural of this word is effluvia . It is a common error with those that have no knowledge of Latin to speak of " a disagreeable effluvia , " which is as incorrect as it would be to talk about " a disagreeable vapors . " And then , as ...
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... Plural , errata . Esquire . An esquire was originally the shield - bearer of a knight . It is much , and , in the opinion of some , rather absurdly , used in this country . Mr. Richard Grant White says on the subject of its use : " I ...
... Plural , errata . Esquire . An esquire was originally the shield - bearer of a knight . It is much , and , in the opinion of some , rather absurdly , used in this country . Mr. Richard Grant White says on the subject of its use : " I ...
Sayfa 103
... plural , to designate the sex . " If I was a gentleman , " says Miss Snooks . " Gentlemen have just as much curiosity as ladies , " says Mrs. Jenkins . " Gentlemen have so much more liberty than we ladies have , " says Mrs. Parvenue ...
... plural , to designate the sex . " If I was a gentleman , " says Miss Snooks . " Gentlemen have just as much curiosity as ladies , " says Mrs. Jenkins . " Gentlemen have so much more liberty than we ladies have , " says Mrs. Parvenue ...
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