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 104
... become al- most vulgar . It is certainly less employed by gentlemen than by inferior persons . The one speaks of ' a man I know , ' the other of ' a gentleman I know . ' In the one case the gentleman is taken for granted , in the other ...
... become al- most vulgar . It is certainly less employed by gentlemen than by inferior persons . The one speaks of ' a man I know , ' the other of ' a gentleman I know . ' In the one case the gentleman is taken for granted , in the other ...
Sayfa 110
... be said to grow small . In this sense , become would seem to be the better word , yet there is ample authority for grow small , grow less , and grow fewer . Guess . " The only difference between the English and ΠΙΟ THE VERBALIST .
... be said to grow small . In this sense , become would seem to be the better word , yet there is ample authority for grow small , grow less , and grow fewer . Guess . " The only difference between the English and ΠΙΟ THE VERBALIST .
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 115
... become words . " One of the greatest of all faults in writing and in speaking is this : the using of many words to say little . In order to guard yourself against this fault , inquire what is the substance , or amount , of what you have ...
... become words . " One of the greatest of all faults in writing and in speaking is this : the using of many words to say little . In order to guard yourself against this fault , inquire what is the substance , or amount , of what you have ...
Sayfa 132
... becoming so familiar to the ear , that it seems likely to prevail , with all its uncouthness and deformity . I refer to such expressions as ' The house is being built ' ; ' The letter is being written ' ; ' The mine is being worked ...
... becoming so familiar to the ear , that it seems likely to prevail , with all its uncouthness and deformity . I refer to such expressions as ' The house is being built ' ; ' The letter is being written ' ; ' The mine is being worked ...
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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