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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... diction . Both . We sometimes hear such absurd sentences as , " They both resemble each other very much " ; " They are both alike ” ; “ They both met in the street . " Both is like- wise redundant in the following sentence : " It ...
... diction . Both . We sometimes hear such absurd sentences as , " They both resemble each other very much " ; " They are both alike ” ; “ They both met in the street . " Both is like- wise redundant in the following sentence : " It ...
Sayfa 32
... so precisely in the mean- ing of words , nor do we habitually , in either conversation or in writing , express ourselves so gracefully or employ so ... classic a diction , as the English . Our taste 32 THE VERBALIST .
... so precisely in the mean- ing of words , nor do we habitually , in either conversation or in writing , express ourselves so gracefully or employ so ... classic a diction , as the English . Our taste 32 THE VERBALIST .
Sayfa 33
... diction , as the English . Our taste in language is less fastidious , and our licenses and inaccuracies are more frequently of a character indicative of want of refinement and elegant culture than those we hear in educated society in ...
... diction , as the English . Our taste in language is less fastidious , and our licenses and inaccuracies are more frequently of a character indicative of want of refinement and elegant culture than those we hear in educated society in ...
Sayfa 37
... diction . " There was a severe frost in Manitoba , but although the bulk [ greater part ] of the wheat is still uncut , it was not damaged . " Bully . " The term is such good old English that there would be no objection to its revival ...
... diction . " There was a severe frost in Manitoba , but although the bulk [ greater part ] of the wheat is still uncut , it was not damaged . " Bully . " The term is such good old English that there would be no objection to its revival ...
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... diction would be improved by substi- tuting begun for commenced and finished for completed , which would probably better express the writer's thought . See BEGIN . Comparison . When only two objects are compared , the comparative , and ...
... diction would be improved by substi- tuting begun for commenced and finished for completed , which would probably better express the writer's thought . See BEGIN . Comparison . When only two objects are compared , the comparative , and ...
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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