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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... properly a double - distilled lie ; the second power of a lie . - CARLYLE . If a gentleman be to study any language , it ought to be that of his own country . - LOCKE . In language the unknown is generally taken for the magnificent ...
... properly a double - distilled lie ; the second power of a lie . - CARLYLE . If a gentleman be to study any language , it ought to be that of his own country . - LOCKE . In language the unknown is generally taken for the magnificent ...
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... properly used where the tyro in grammar would expect to find an adverb ; as , " drink deep , " " this looks strange , " " he looks bad , " " he stood erect . " as , Adjectives sometimes properly qualify other adjectives ; " wide open ...
... properly used where the tyro in grammar would expect to find an adverb ; as , " drink deep , " " this looks strange , " " he looks bad , " " he stood erect . " as , Adjectives sometimes properly qualify other adjectives ; " wide open ...
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... course shall you take ? ” etc. Adopt is properly used in a sentence like this : " The course ( or measures ) roposed by Mr. Blank was adopted by the committee " ; that is , what was Blank's was adopted by the 4 THE VERBALIST .
... course shall you take ? ” etc. Adopt is properly used in a sentence like this : " The course ( or measures ) roposed by Mr. Blank was adopted by the committee " ; that is , what was Blank's was adopted by the 4 THE VERBALIST .
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... properly speak of aggravating circum- stances . To say of a person that he is aggravated is as incorrect as to say that he is palliated . " Wicked people aggravate [ i . e . , make worse ] their transgression by violence . " " Some ...
... properly speak of aggravating circum- stances . To say of a person that he is aggravated is as incorrect as to say that he is palliated . " Wicked people aggravate [ i . e . , make worse ] their transgression by violence . " " Some ...
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... properly , The purses aggregated , amount to , $ 32,000 — i . e . , the purses , when put together , amount to $ 32,000 . We could also properly say , The purses in the aggregate , amount to , $ 32,000 . Ago . Sometimes misused for ...
... properly , The purses aggregated , amount to , $ 32,000 — i . e . , the purses , when put together , amount to $ 32,000 . We could also properly say , The purses in the aggregate , amount to , $ 32,000 . Ago . Sometimes misused for ...
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