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 37
... careful canvass leaves no doubt but that the nomination , " etc. : suppress but . " There is no reasonable doubt but that it is all it professes to be " : suppress but . " The mind no sooner entertains any proposition but it presently ...
... careful canvass leaves no doubt but that the nomination , " etc. : suppress but . " There is no reasonable doubt but that it is all it professes to be " : suppress but . " The mind no sooner entertains any proposition but it presently ...
Sayfa 41
... careful writers . The true meaning of caption is a seizure , an arrest . It does not come from a Latin word meaning a head , but from a Latin word mean- ing to seize . Caret . Cobbett writes of the caret to his son : 66 The last thing I ...
... careful writers . The true meaning of caption is a seizure , an arrest . It does not come from a Latin word meaning a head , but from a Latin word mean- ing to seize . Caret . Cobbett writes of the caret to his son : 66 The last thing I ...
Sayfa 42
... careful that neatness , grammar , and sense pre- vail when you write to a blacksmith about shoeing a horse as when you write on the most important subjects . Habit is powerful in all cases ; but its power in this case is truly wonderful ...
... careful that neatness , grammar , and sense pre- vail when you write to a blacksmith about shoeing a horse as when you write on the most important subjects . Habit is powerful in all cases ; but its power in this case is truly wonderful ...
Sayfa 51
... Careful speakers make small use of commence in any sense ; they prefer to use its Saxon equivalent , begin . " " " The same persons , " says Godfrey Turner , " who ha- bitually discard the word many , when they have a chance of glorying ...
... Careful speakers make small use of commence in any sense ; they prefer to use its Saxon equivalent , begin . " " " The same persons , " says Godfrey Turner , " who ha- bitually discard the word many , when they have a chance of glorying ...
Sayfa 74
... careful writers . " Donate , " says Mr. Gould , " may be dismissed with this remark : so long as its place is occupied by give , bestow , grant , present , etc. , it is not needed ; and it should be unceremoniously bowed out , or thrust ...
... careful writers . " Donate , " says Mr. Gould , " may be dismissed with this remark : so long as its place is occupied by give , bestow , grant , present , etc. , it is not needed ; and it should be unceremoniously bowed out , or thrust ...
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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