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 95
... fact is quite the re- verse . " - A New York Daily . Financial is used properly of the public funds or reve- nues of a state , and of the governmental system of raising and disbursing the same . Pecuniary or monetary has refer- ence to ...
... fact is quite the re- verse . " - A New York Daily . Financial is used properly of the public funds or reve- nues of a state , and of the governmental system of raising and disbursing the same . Pecuniary or monetary has refer- ence to ...
Sayfa 97
... fact remains that the employment [ employing , or , better , to employ ] of it on any occasion is not the best usage . " Webster inserts firstly , but remarks , Improperly used for first . " 66 Firstly , when followed by secondly ...
... fact remains that the employment [ employing , or , better , to employ ] of it on any occasion is not the best usage . " Webster inserts firstly , but remarks , Improperly used for first . " 66 Firstly , when followed by secondly ...
Sayfa 127
... fact ex- pressed in the form of a condition . The one form is said to be in the indicative mood , the mood that simply states or indicates the action ; the other form is in the subjunctive , conditional , or conjunctive mood . There is ...
... fact ex- pressed in the form of a condition . The one form is said to be in the indicative mood , the mood that simply states or indicates the action ; the other form is in the subjunctive , conditional , or conjunctive mood . There is ...
Sayfa 129
... fact remains that they are not good rhetoric . It is doubtful whether in strictness they should ever be used , when de- noting quality , in other than a comparative sense . Infinitive Mood . When we can choose , it is usually better to ...
... fact remains that they are not good rhetoric . It is doubtful whether in strictness they should ever be used , when de- noting quality , in other than a comparative sense . Infinitive Mood . When we can choose , it is usually better to ...
Sayfa 137
... fact is , that phrases of the form here pointed at have hitherto enjoyed very much less favor with us than with the English . " As lately as 1860 , Dr. Worcester , referring to is being built , etc. , while acknowledging that ' this new ...
... fact is , that phrases of the form here pointed at have hitherto enjoyed very much less favor with us than with the English . " As lately as 1860 , Dr. Worcester , referring to is being built , etc. , while acknowledging that ' this new ...
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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