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 |
Kitabın içinden
25 sonuçtan 6-10 arası sonuçlar
Sayfa 48
... according to the English idiom , or cherubim and seraphim , according to the Oriental . The former suits better the familiar , the latter the solemn , style . As the words cherubim and seraphim are plural , the terms cherubims and ...
... according to the English idiom , or cherubim and seraphim , according to the Oriental . The former suits better the familiar , the latter the solemn , style . As the words cherubim and seraphim are plural , the terms cherubims and ...
Sayfa 52
... according to his deserts . To use condign in the sense of severe is just as incorrect as it would be to use deserved or merited in the sense of severe . 66 " There was a Parliamentary surrender at discretion to stop further inquiry and ...
... according to his deserts . To use condign in the sense of severe is just as incorrect as it would be to use deserved or merited in the sense of severe . 66 " There was a Parliamentary surrender at discretion to stop further inquiry and ...
Sayfa 56
... According to Crabb , " There is nothing imperative on the part of those that assemble or convene , and nothing binding on those assembled or convened : one assembles or convenes by invitation or request ; one attends to the notice or ...
... According to Crabb , " There is nothing imperative on the part of those that assemble or convene , and nothing binding on those assembled or convened : one assembles or convenes by invitation or request ; one attends to the notice or ...
Sayfa 109
... according to the rules of grammar , incorrect ' — ' What ! ' the hypercritic may exclaim , ' incorrect ! and according to the rules of grammar ! ' ' This sentence , then , ' the corrected person would reply , ' contains an error in ...
... according to the rules of grammar , incorrect ' — ' What ! ' the hypercritic may exclaim , ' incorrect ! and according to the rules of grammar ! ' ' This sentence , then , ' the corrected person would reply , ' contains an error in ...
Sayfa 134
... ( according to my apprehension ) in far better taste , than the more complex phraseology which some late writers adopt in its stead ; as , “ The books are now being sold . ” — Goold Brown . ' As to the notion of introducing a new and more ...
... ( according to my apprehension ) in far better taste , than the more complex phraseology which some late writers adopt in its stead ; as , “ The books are now being sold . ” — Goold Brown . ' As to the notion of introducing a new and more ...
Diğer baskılar - Tümünü görüntüle
Sık kullanılan terimler ve kelime öbekleri
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