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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... usage . The of is always a superfluity . have them all , " not " I have all of them " ; " Take it all , " not " Take all of it . " All over . " The disease spread all over the country . " It is more logical and more emphatic to say , 6 ...
... usage . The of is always a superfluity . have them all , " not " I have all of them " ; " Take it all , " not " Take all of it . " All over . " The disease spread all over the country . " It is more logical and more emphatic to say , 6 ...
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... usage treated as substantive phrases and have the possessive inflection upon the else : as , ' somebody else's umbrella ' ; but some prefer to treat them simply as elliptical expressions ; as ' the umbrella is somebody's else ' ( i . e ...
... usage treated as substantive phrases and have the possessive inflection upon the else : as , ' somebody else's umbrella ' ; but some prefer to treat them simply as elliptical expressions ; as ' the umbrella is somebody's else ' ( i . e ...
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... usage . Artist . Of late years this word has been appropriated by the members of so many crafts that it has wellnigh been despoiled of its meaning . Your cook , your barber , your tailor , your bootmaker , and so on to satiety , are all ...
... usage . Artist . Of late years this word has been appropriated by the members of so many crafts that it has wellnigh been despoiled of its meaning . Your cook , your barber , your tailor , your bootmaker , and so on to satiety , are all ...
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... usage , by the use of an improper word - i . e . , a word that is anti- quated or improperly formed . Preventative , enthuse , agri- culturalist , donate , etc. , are barbarisms . See also SOLECISM . Barn . A good old verb that seems to ...
... usage , by the use of an improper word - i . e . , a word that is anti- quated or improperly formed . Preventative , enthuse , agri- culturalist , donate , etc. , are barbarisms . See also SOLECISM . Barn . A good old verb that seems to ...
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... usage . Belongings . An old idiomatic expression now coming into use again . Beside - Besides . In the later unabridged editions of Webster's Dictionary we find the following remarks con- cerning the use of these two words : " Beside ...
... usage . Belongings . An old idiomatic expression now coming into use again . Beside - Besides . In the later unabridged editions of Webster's Dictionary we find the following remarks con- cerning the use of these two words : " Beside ...
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