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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... adverbs are correlatives of each other . " - Harkness's New Latin Grammar , p . 147. Should be one another . " How much better for you as seller and the nation as buyer . . . than to sink . . . in cutting one another's throats ...
... adverbs are correlatives of each other . " - Harkness's New Latin Grammar , p . 147. Should be one another . " How much better for you as seller and the nation as buyer . . . than to sink . . . in cutting one another's throats ...
Sayfa 97
... adverb ; but in sentences where it would be followed by secondly , thirdly , etc. , I think that the adverbial form is pref- erable . " To this , one of Mr. Moon's critics replies : " How- ever desirable it may be to employ the word ...
... adverb ; but in sentences where it would be followed by secondly , thirdly , etc. , I think that the adverbial form is pref- erable . " To this , one of Mr. Moon's critics replies : " How- ever desirable it may be to employ the word ...
Sayfa 113
... adverb is often used when it serves no purpose ; thus , “ It will be many years hence , we apprehend , before , " etc. Futurity is fully expressed with will be . He was given , or was tendered , and like usage . See PASSIVE ...
... adverb is often used when it serves no purpose ; thus , “ It will be many years hence , we apprehend , before , " etc. Futurity is fully expressed with will be . He was given , or was tendered , and like usage . See PASSIVE ...
Sayfa 114
... adverbs , prepositions , and relatives drift so far from their moorings as to lose themselves , or make attachments where they do not belong . " Again , p . 135 : " Every law of speech en- forces the statement that there is no excuse ...
... adverbs , prepositions , and relatives drift so far from their moorings as to lose themselves , or make attachments where they do not belong . " Again , p . 135 : " Every law of speech en- forces the statement that there is no excuse ...
Sayfa 118
... adverb , like how far , expressive of longitudinal space , introduces a rhetorical figure ; for the plain meaning is , that judgment will dictate how much to write on it , and not how far to proceed in it . The figure , however , is ...
... adverb , like how far , expressive of longitudinal space , introduces a rhetorical figure ; for the plain meaning is , that judgment will dictate how much to write on it , and not how far to proceed in it . The figure , however , is ...
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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