The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong Use of Words, and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those who Would Speak and Write with ProprietyD. Appleton, 1911 - 337 sayfa |
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... English of the future . " - Dr . Fitzedward Hall . " The memorial sketch is a model of propriety . The author has carefully refrained from anticipating the biogra- phy that , we trust , will shortly see the light . " - N . Y. Sun. " In ...
... English of the future . " - Dr . Fitzedward Hall . " The memorial sketch is a model of propriety . The author has carefully refrained from anticipating the biogra- phy that , we trust , will shortly see the light . " - N . Y. Sun. " In ...
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... English writer says : " In such phrases as anybody else , and the like , else is often put in the possessive case , as , ' any- body else's servant ' ; and some grammarians defend this use of the possessive case , arguing that somebody ...
... English writer says : " In such phrases as anybody else , and the like , else is often put in the possessive case , as , ' any- body else's servant ' ; and some grammarians defend this use of the possessive case , arguing that somebody ...
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... English often use the first of these two words where we use the second . Both express an effort of the thinking faculty ; but to ap prehend is simply to take an idea into the mind - it is the mind's first effort - while to comprehend is ...
... English often use the first of these two words where we use the second . Both express an effort of the thinking faculty ; but to ap prehend is simply to take an idea into the mind - it is the mind's first effort - while to comprehend is ...
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... English . The good - will and furniture of the house were disposed of by [ not at ] private sale.-N. Y. Times . The elephant Emperor has been sold by auction in England for $ 500. - N . Y. Sun. But we may buy at an auction and at a ...
... English . The good - will and furniture of the house were disposed of by [ not at ] private sale.-N. Y. Times . The elephant Emperor has been sold by auction in England for $ 500. - N . Y. Sun. But we may buy at an auction and at a ...
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... English . " The most im- portant peculiarity of American English is a laxity , irregu- larity , and confusion in the use of particles . The same thing is , indeed , observable in England , but not to the same extent , though some gross ...
... English . " The most im- portant peculiarity of American English is a laxity , irregu- larity , and confusion in the use of particles . The same thing is , indeed , observable in England , but not to the same extent , though some gross ...
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adjective adverb American appears authority better built called careful writers clause 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 idiomatic imperfect tense improperly incorrect intended John kind lady language Latin less live 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 sense simply solecism Sometimes misused speak speakers speech Story subjunctive subjunctive mood superfluous synonym taste tence term thing thou thought tion truth usage verb vulgarism Webster's Dictionary woman word is sometimes York