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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... intended . " The house looks as it would look though it had never been painted . ' ' The man moves as he would move though he were tired . ' ' He spoke as he would speak though he was offended . ' " Substitute if for though , and the ...
... intended . " The house looks as it would look though it had never been painted . ' ' The man moves as he would move though he were tired . ' ' He spoke as he would speak though he was offended . ' " Substitute if for though , and the ...
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... intended . The builder of a house may finish it and yet leave it very in- complete . Condign . It is safe to say that most persons who use this word do not know its meaning , which is , suitable , de- served , merited , proper . His ...
... intended . The builder of a house may finish it and yet leave it very in- complete . Condign . It is safe to say that most persons who use this word do not know its meaning , which is , suitable , de- served , merited , proper . His ...
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... intended to convince . In a judi- cial investigation , for example , there might be a great deal of testimony - a great deal of testifying — and very little evi- dence ; and the evidence might be quite the reverse of the testimony . See ...
... intended to convince . In a judi- cial investigation , for example , there might be a great deal of testimony - a great deal of testifying — and very little evi- dence ; and the evidence might be quite the reverse of the testimony . See ...
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... intended . In the sentence , " The speaker made some capital hits , " the sense is quite different . Honorable . See REVEREND . How . " I have heard how , in Italy , one is beset on all sides by beggars " ; read , " heard that . " " I ...
... intended . In the sentence , " The speaker made some capital hits , " the sense is quite different . Honorable . See REVEREND . How . " I have heard how , in Italy , one is beset on all sides by beggars " ; read , " heard that . " " I ...
Sayfa 131
... intended — is called irony . Irony is a kind of delicate sarcasm or satire- raillery , mockery . " In writings of humor , figures are sometimes used of so delicate a nature that it shall often happen that some people will see things in ...
... intended — is called irony . Irony is a kind of delicate sarcasm or satire- raillery , mockery . " In writings of humor , figures are sometimes used of so delicate a nature that it shall often happen that some people will see things 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