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 32
... correctly thus : " Fetch , or go bring , me an apple from the cellar " ; " When you come home , bring some lemons " ; Carry this book home with you . " 66 British against American English . " The most im- portant peculiarity of American ...
... correctly thus : " Fetch , or go bring , me an apple from the cellar " ; " When you come home , bring some lemons " ; Carry this book home with you . " 66 British against American English . " The most im- portant peculiarity of American ...
Sayfa 37
... correctly with that : as , " I have no fear but that he will come " ; mean- ing , I am sure he will come . " I have no fear that he will come , " it will be seen , means the contrary of what the sentence means with the but . " I have no ...
... correctly with that : as , " I have no fear but that he will come " ; mean- ing , I am sure he will come . " I have no fear that he will come , " it will be seen , means the contrary of what the sentence means with the but . " I have no ...
Sayfa 42
... correctly and in a plain hand . Be as 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 ...
... correctly and in a plain hand . Be as 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 ...
Sayfa 43
... correctly , but him . say , and me . " You " Between you and master a grief but he that hath it " : " John went out with James and I " : are stronger than him " : say , than he . I " : say , and me . " Between you and they " : say , and ...
... correctly , but him . say , and me . " You " Between you and master a grief but he that hath it " : " John went out with James and I " : are stronger than him " : say , than he . I " : say , and me . " Between you and they " : say , and ...
Sayfa 45
... correct translation of the phrase , and not " It is me . " The French equivalent of " I ! I am here , " is " Moi ! je suis ici . " The Frenchman uses moi in the nominative case when je would not be euphonious . Euphony with him , in ...
... correct translation of the phrase , and not " It is me . " The French equivalent of " I ! I am here , " is " Moi ! je suis ici . " The Frenchman uses moi in the nominative case when je would not be euphonious . Euphony with him , in ...
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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