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 30
... hear from persons of considerable culture . They use it in the sense of accuse or suspect ; thus , his brother , " meaning that he accuses or suspects his brother of having done it , or of being at fault for it . " He blames it on Bogus ...
... hear from persons of considerable culture . They use it in the sense of accuse or suspect ; thus , his brother , " meaning that he accuses or suspects his brother of having done it , or of being at fault for it . " He blames it on Bogus ...
Sayfa 32
... hears such expressions as , " Go to Mrs. D.'s and bring her this bundle ; and here- you may fetch her this book also . " We use the words correctly thus : " Fetch , or go bring , me an apple from the cellar " ; " When you come home ...
... hears such expressions as , " Go to Mrs. D.'s and bring her this bundle ; and here- you may fetch her this book also . " We use the words correctly thus : " Fetch , or go bring , me an apple from the cellar " ; " When you come home ...
Sayfa 33
... hear in educated society in England . " - George P. Marsh . " We have no dialects in this country , either of locality or of caste . In regard to enunciation , the average Ameri- can will make himself heard and understood , wherever ...
... hear in educated society in England . " - George P. Marsh . " We have no dialects in this country , either of locality or of caste . In regard to enunciation , the average Ameri- can will make himself heard and understood , wherever ...
Sayfa 44
... hear in the actual speech of all classes of society such expressions as ' it was me , ' ' it was him , ' ' it was her , ' more frequently than the prescribed form . * This shy creature , my brother says , is me ' ; ' were it me , I'd ...
... hear in the actual speech of all classes of society such expressions as ' it was me , ' ' it was him , ' ' it was her , ' more frequently than the prescribed form . * This shy creature , my brother says , is me ' ; ' were it me , I'd ...
Sayfa 46
... hear little of any connection being kept up between the two nations . ' ' The men rowed vigorously for fear of the tide turning against us . ' But most examples of the construction without the possessive form are OBVIOUSLY DUE TO MERE ...
... hear little of any connection being kept up between the two nations . ' ' The men rowed vigorously for fear of the tide turning against us . ' But most examples of the construction without the possessive form are OBVIOUSLY DUE TO MERE ...
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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