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 37
... seen , means the contrary of what the sentence means with the but . " I have no fear that he will not come is , however , a form to be preferred . See WHAT . Bulk . Though sanctioned by the dictionaries , the use of this word in the ...
... seen , means the contrary of what the sentence means with the but . " I have no fear that he will not come is , however , a form to be preferred . See WHAT . Bulk . Though sanctioned by the dictionaries , the use of this word in the ...
Sayfa 85
... seen it anywhere in the North but in the columns of the Boston Congregationalist . The Standard Dictionary ( 1895 ) has the word , but says it is slang . Epigram . " The word epigram signified originally an inscription on a monument ...
... seen it anywhere in the North but in the columns of the Boston Congregationalist . The Standard Dictionary ( 1895 ) has the word , but says it is slang . Epigram . " The word epigram signified originally an inscription on a monument ...
Sayfa 94
... seen ] you looking in better health , ' remarked a Journal reporter . " Further , I never [ have ] made a loan or pledged [ nor have I pledged ] any of these stocks . I never [ have ] bought stocks on a margin , or [ nor have I ] ...
... seen ] you looking in better health , ' remarked a Journal reporter . " Further , I never [ have ] made a loan or pledged [ nor have I pledged ] any of these stocks . I never [ have ] bought stocks on a margin , or [ nor have I ] ...
Sayfa 95
... seen [ never before has been seen ] even in France . " - N . Y. Sun. Family . In Great Britain , a man of family is a man well connected ; in America , a man of family is a man having a wife and children . " I have Farther - Further ...
... seen [ never before has been seen ] even in France . " - N . Y. Sun. Family . In Great Britain , a man of family is a man well connected ; in America , a man of family is a man having a wife and children . " I have Farther - Further ...
Sayfa 101
... seen a good deal of the latter [ Marat ] on the benches , " etc. The reader usually has to go back , if he would be sure which is former and which latter . " Griffin paid no attention to Buttz . At the corner of Park and State Streets ...
... seen a good deal of the latter [ Marat ] on the benches , " etc. The reader usually has to go back , if he would be sure which is former and which latter . " Griffin paid no attention to Buttz . At the corner of Park and State Streets ...
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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