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 57
... considered together , that in this sense it may be deemed permissible , though the substituting of the word two for it would often materially improve the diction . Courage . See BRAVERY . Create . " Mme . Carvalho . . . has been before ...
... considered together , that in this sense it may be deemed permissible , though the substituting of the word two for it would often materially improve the diction . Courage . See BRAVERY . Create . " Mme . Carvalho . . . has been before ...
Sayfa 77
... considered exceeds two . Buckle should have written one another , and not each other , unless he meant to intimate that the Germans had only two great authors , which is not probable . Eat . Grammarians differ very widely with regard to ...
... considered exceeds two . Buckle should have written one another , and not each other , unless he meant to intimate that the Germans had only two great authors , which is not probable . Eat . Grammarians differ very widely with regard to ...
Sayfa 78
... considered separately ; but in this sense each is the better word to use . either of them " means , give me the one or the other of two . " He has a farm on either side of the river " would mean that he has two farms , one on each ( or ...
... considered separately ; but in this sense each is the better word to use . either of them " means , give me the one or the other of two . " He has a farm on either side of the river " would mean that he has two farms , one on each ( or ...
Sayfa 101
... considered a super- fluity . Frequently . See GENERALLY . Friend - Acquaintance . Some philosopher has said that he that has half a dozen friends in the course of his life may deem himself fortunate ; and yet , to judge from many ...
... considered a super- fluity . Frequently . See GENERALLY . Friend - Acquaintance . Some philosopher has said that he that has half a dozen friends in the course of his life may deem himself fortunate ; and yet , to judge from many ...
Sayfa 127
... considered as a variety of mood , to which the name ' Potential ' is given ; but this can not properly be maintained . There is no trace of any inflection corre- sponding to this meaning , as we find with the subjunctive . Moreover ...
... considered as a variety of mood , to which the name ' Potential ' is given ; but this can not properly be maintained . There is no trace of any inflection corre- sponding to this meaning , as we find with the subjunctive . Moreover ...
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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