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 19
... called an aphorism . " Strain the phraseology and you weaken the effect . " " When the words outnumber the thoughts , some of them are only in the way . " " He that writes thoroughly well never uses more words or bigger words than are ...
... called an aphorism . " Strain the phraseology and you weaken the effect . " " When the words outnumber the thoughts , some of them are only in the way . " " He that writes thoroughly well never uses more words or bigger words than are ...
Sayfa 21
... called , rather than to be spoken of as artists . As . In an affirmative proposition , as corresponds to as : " This is as good as that . " In a negative proposition , so corresponds to as : THE VERBALIST . 21 and yet we can not ...
... called , rather than to be spoken of as artists . As . In an affirmative proposition , as corresponds to as : " This is as good as that . " In a negative proposition , so corresponds to as : THE VERBALIST . 21 and yet we can not ...
Sayfa 34
... called sick , unless suffering from nausea . ( d ) We do not turn active and reflective verbs into intransitives . ( e ) We do not abbreviate words so much . ( f ) We are not so apt to get in superfluous words - ' What ever are you ...
... called sick , unless suffering from nausea . ( d ) We do not turn active and reflective verbs into intransitives . ( e ) We do not abbreviate words so much . ( f ) We are not so apt to get in superfluous words - ' What ever are you ...
Sayfa 40
... called calligraphy . Calumniate . See ASPERSE . Can . See MAY . Cant . Cant is a kind of affectation ; affectation is an effort to sail under false colors ; an effort to sail under false colors is a kind of falsehood ; and falsehood is ...
... called calligraphy . Calumniate . See ASPERSE . Can . See MAY . Cant . Cant is a kind of affectation ; affectation is an effort to sail under false colors ; an effort to sail under false colors is a kind of falsehood ; and falsehood is ...
Sayfa 42
... called by their right names , and this should be I called the blunder - mark . I would have you , my dear James , scorn the use of the thing . Think before you write ; let it be your custom to write correctly and in a plain hand . Be as ...
... called by their right names , and this should be I called the blunder - mark . I would have you , my dear James , scorn the use of the thing . Think before you write ; let it be your custom to write correctly and in a plain hand . Be as ...
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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