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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Sayfa 52
... John is the stronger of the two " ; " Brown is the richer of the two , and the richest man in the city " ; " Which is the more desir able , health or wealth ? " " Which is the most desirable , health , wealth , or genius ? " " Of two ...
... John is the stronger of the two " ; " Brown is the richer of the two , and the richest man in the city " ; " Which is the more desir able , health or wealth ? " " Which is the most desirable , health , wealth , or genius ? " " Of two ...
Sayfa 59
... John , I beg that you will mend either your morals or your grammar . You call me your " dearest Maria " ; am I to understand that you have other Marias ' ? " - Moon's Bad English . The editor of the Brooklyn Daily News believes in using ...
... John , I beg that you will mend either your morals or your grammar . You call me your " dearest Maria " ; am I to understand that you have other Marias ' ? " - Moon's Bad English . The editor of the Brooklyn Daily News believes in using ...
Sayfa 72
... John Bright . Directly . The Britons have a way of using this word in the sense of when , as soon as . This is quite foreign to its true meaning , which is , immediately , at once , straight- way . They say , for example , " Directly he ...
... John Bright . Directly . The Britons have a way of using this word in the sense of when , as soon as . This is quite foreign to its true meaning , which is , immediately , at once , straight- way . They say , for example , " Directly he ...
Sayfa 76
... John doesn't either , I hear , " and not , " John don't either , I hear . " Double Genitive . An anecdote of Mr. Lincoln - an anecdote of Mr. Lincoln's . We see at a glance that these two phrases are very different in meaning . So ...
... John doesn't either , I hear , " and not , " John don't either , I hear . " Double Genitive . An anecdote of Mr. Lincoln - an anecdote of Mr. Lincoln's . We see at a glance that these two phrases are very different in meaning . So ...
Sayfa 77
... John ate supper with me . " " As soon as you have eaten breakfast we will set out . " Editorial . The use of this adjective as a substantive is said to be an Americanism . Effect - Affect . These verbs , alike as they are to the eye and ...
... John ate supper with me . " " As soon as you have eaten breakfast we will set out . " Editorial . The use of this adjective as a substantive is said to be an Americanism . Effect - Affect . These verbs , alike as they are to the eye and ...
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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