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 28
... tell you , " instead of , " I beg leave to tell you . " Begin - Commence . These words have the same meaning 28 THE VERBALIST . the balance [remainder] was wiped out [paid...
... tell you , " instead of , " I beg leave to tell you . " Begin - Commence . These words have the same meaning 28 THE VERBALIST . the balance [remainder] was wiped out [paid...
Sayfa 77
... tell all I know of the matter . " Each other . " Their great authors address themselves not to their country , but to each other . " - Buckle . Each other is properly applied to two only ; one another must be used when the number ...
... tell all I know of the matter . " Each other . " Their great authors address themselves not to their country , but to each other . " - Buckle . Each other is properly applied to two only ; one another must be used when the number ...
Sayfa 82
... tell who can . 66 ' His mission was to eliminate [ rid , purge ] religion of all such kindred rubbish . " " It also looks to the final elimination [ separation 82 THE VERBALIST . "The salts and compounds of urea are eliminated by ...
... tell who can . 66 ' His mission was to eliminate [ rid , purge ] religion of all such kindred rubbish . " " It also looks to the final elimination [ separation 82 THE VERBALIST . "The salts and compounds of urea are eliminated by ...
Sayfa 85
... tell ; for the present , however , it is studiously shunned by those that are at all careful in selecting their words . It is said to be most used in the South . The writer has never seen it anywhere in the North but in the columns of ...
... tell ; for the present , however , it is studiously shunned by those that are at all careful in selecting their words . It is said to be most used in the South . The writer has never seen it anywhere in the North but in the columns of ...
Sayfa 115
... tell what it is worth . A very few examinations of the sort will so frighten you that you will be for ever after upon your guard against talking a great deal and saying little . " — Cob- bett . " Be simple , be unaffected , be honest in ...
... tell what it is worth . A very few examinations of the sort will so frighten you that you will be for ever after upon your guard against talking a great deal and saying little . " — Cob- bett . " Be simple , be unaffected , be honest in ...
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