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 111
... " " Now , what tense , " it is asked , " is had do and had go ? " If we transpose the words thus , " You had do better ( to ) go home , " it becomes at once apparent , it is asserted , that the proper word THE VERBALIST . III.
... " " Now , what tense , " it is asked , " is had do and had go ? " If we transpose the words thus , " You had do better ( to ) go home , " it becomes at once apparent , it is asserted , that the proper word THE VERBALIST . III.
Sayfa 114
... asking the spiritual import of every physical object seen ; also by forming the habit of constantly metaphoriz- ing . Knock at the door of anything met which [ that ] in- terests , and ask , ' Who lives here ? ' The process is to look ...
... asking the spiritual import of every physical object seen ; also by forming the habit of constantly metaphoriz- ing . Knock at the door of anything met which [ that ] in- terests , and ask , ' Who lives here ? ' The process is to look ...
Sayfa 130
... for home in the morning . " See Propose . Interrogation . The rhetorical figure that asks a ques- tion in order to emphasize the reverse of what is asked is called interrogation ; as , " Do we mean to 130 THE VERBALIST .
... for home in the morning . " See Propose . Interrogation . The rhetorical figure that asks a ques- tion in order to emphasize the reverse of what is asked is called interrogation ; as , " Do we mean to 130 THE VERBALIST .
Sayfa 133
... asked , ' What does the house build ? ' ' What does the letter write ? ' etc. - taking for granted , without attempting to prove , that the participle in ing can not have a passive sense in any verb . The following are a few examples ...
... asked , ' What does the house build ? ' ' What does the letter write ? ' etc. - taking for granted , without attempting to prove , that the participle in ing can not have a passive sense in any verb . The following are a few examples ...
Sayfa 159
... asked several men and women ' ; neither would she say , ' I have asked several ladies and gentlemen . ' And , speaking of numbers , it would be very usual to say , ' There were a great many ladies , and but very few men present , ' or ...
... asked several men and women ' ; neither would she say , ' I have asked several ladies and gentlemen . ' And , speaking of numbers , it would be very usual to say , ' There were a great many ladies , and but very few men present , ' or ...
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