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 47
... heard with the incorrect addition of a syllable - casuality - which is not recognized by the lexicographers . Casualty is frequently misused for accident . Accident , contingency , and casualty , according to Crabb , all imply things ...
... heard with the incorrect addition of a syllable - casuality - which is not recognized by the lexicographers . Casualty is frequently misused for accident . Accident , contingency , and casualty , according to Crabb , all imply things ...
Sayfa 49
... heard , taking the country through , than the opposite error of using allow in the same way . " Clever . In this country the word clever is most im- properly used in the sense of good - natured , well - disposed , good - hearted . It is ...
... heard , taking the country through , than the opposite error of using allow in the same way . " Clever . In this country the word clever is most im- properly used in the sense of good - natured , well - disposed , good - hearted . It is ...
Sayfa 65
... heard of recommending suggestions ? Dr. Townsend speaks of mastering a subject before pub- lishing it . Publishing a subject ? 66 Page 133. Violations of simplicity , whatever the type , show either that the mind of the writer is ...
... heard of recommending suggestions ? Dr. Townsend speaks of mastering a subject before pub- lishing it . Publishing a subject ? 66 Page 133. Violations of simplicity , whatever the type , show either that the mind of the writer is ...
Sayfa 66
... heard of stating a quality ? On page 145 Dr. Townsend says : " A person can not read a single book of poor style without having his own style vitiated . " A book of poor style is an awkward ex- pression , to say the least . A single ...
... heard of stating a quality ? On page 145 Dr. Townsend says : " A person can not read a single book of poor style without having his own style vitiated . " A book of poor style is an awkward ex- pression , to say the least . A single ...
Sayfa 71
... say , to the size of the fixed stars . " I differ , as to this matter , from Bishop Lowth . " -Cobbett . Different to is heard sometimes instead of different from , but it is nowhere sanctioned by good THE VERBALIST . 71.
... say , to the size of the fixed stars . " I differ , as to this matter , from Bishop Lowth . " -Cobbett . Different to is heard sometimes instead of different from , but it is nowhere sanctioned by good THE VERBALIST . 71.
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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