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 33
... clearly by dozens of geographical names . " 6 ' American spelling differs from British in one respect only - its greater simplicity . Illustrations : Waggon , par- lour , storey ( of a house ) , pease ( plural of pea ) , plough ...
... clearly by dozens of geographical names . " 6 ' American spelling differs from British in one respect only - its greater simplicity . Illustrations : Waggon , par- lour , storey ( of a house ) , pease ( plural of pea ) , plough ...
Sayfa 34
... , like the Americans , will pronounce more deliberately and clearly than a people so large a pro- portion of whom are unable to read , as in England , From our universal habit of reading there results not only a 34 THE VERBALIST .
... , like the Americans , will pronounce more deliberately and clearly than a people so large a pro- portion of whom are unable to read , as in England , From our universal habit of reading there results not only a 34 THE VERBALIST .
Sayfa 35
... distinct articulation that belongs to a dry atmos- phere and a clear sky . And this view of the case is con- firmed by the fact that the inhabitants of the Southern States incline , like the people of southern Europe , THE VERBALIST . 35.
... distinct articulation that belongs to a dry atmos- phere and a clear sky . And this view of the case is con- firmed by the fact that the inhabitants of the Southern States incline , like the people of southern Europe , THE VERBALIST . 35.
Sayfa 64
... clear . Of ex- cellent examples of bad diction there are very many in a little work by Dr. L. T. Townsend , Professor of Sacred Rhetoric in Boston University , the first volume of which has lately come under my notice . The first ten ...
... clear . Of ex- cellent examples of bad diction there are very many in a little work by Dr. L. T. Townsend , Professor of Sacred Rhetoric in Boston University , the first volume of which has lately come under my notice . The first ten ...
Sayfa 66
... clear and logical . " Jeremy Taylor is a clear and logical long sentence ?! True , our learned rhetorician says so , but he doesn't mean it , He " means , In Jeremy Taylor we find some of 66 THE VERBALIST . tation, or else that an ...
... clear and logical . " Jeremy Taylor is a clear and logical long sentence ?! True , our learned rhetorician says so , but he doesn't mean it , He " means , In Jeremy Taylor we find some of 66 THE VERBALIST . tation, or else that an ...
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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