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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... tion Grammar , Quackenbos ' Composition and Rhetoric , John Nichol's English Composition , William Cobbett's English Grammar , Peter Bullion's English Grammar , Goold Brown's Grammar of English Grammars , Graham's English Synonymes ...
... tion Grammar , Quackenbos ' Composition and Rhetoric , John Nichol's English Composition , William Cobbett's English Grammar , Peter Bullion's English Grammar , Goold Brown's Grammar of English Grammars , Graham's English Synonymes ...
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... tion . " Such comparatives as wiser , better , larger , etc. , and the contrasting adjectives different , other , etc. , are often so placed as to render the construction awkward ; as , “ That is a much better statement of the case than ...
... tion . " Such comparatives as wiser , better , larger , etc. , and the contrasting adjectives different , other , etc. , are often so placed as to render the construction awkward ; as , “ That is a much better statement of the case than ...
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... tion , to name , which is a long way from being its legiti- mate signification . This degradation is doubtless a direct outcome of untutored desire to be fine . Allude is less direct than refer , and more direct than hint or suggest ...
... tion , to name , which is a long way from being its legiti- mate signification . This degradation is doubtless a direct outcome of untutored desire to be fine . Allude is less direct than refer , and more direct than hint or suggest ...
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... tion and prettiness , to say nothing of pedantic pretension to accuracy . " If the ess is to be permitted , there is no reason for ex- cluding it from any noun that indicates a person ; and the next editions of our dictionaries may be ...
... tion and prettiness , to say nothing of pedantic pretension to accuracy . " If the ess is to be permitted , there is no reason for ex- cluding it from any noun that indicates a person ; and the next editions of our dictionaries may be ...
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... tion - ar - y , mil - it - ar - y , with a secondary accent on the penultimate , instead of sinking the third syllable , as is so common in England . There is , no doubt , something disagreeably stiff in an anxious and affected ...
... tion - ar - y , mil - it - ar - y , with a secondary accent on the penultimate , instead of sinking the third syllable , as is so common in England . There is , no doubt , something disagreeably stiff in an anxious and affected ...
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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