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 103
... ladies , " says Mrs. Jenkins . " Gentlemen have so much more liberty than we ladies have , " says Mrs. Parvenue ... lady and gentleman comparatively little , and they are especially careful not to call themselves gentlemen when they ...
... ladies , " says Mrs. Jenkins . " Gentlemen have so much more liberty than we ladies have , " says Mrs. Parvenue ... lady and gentleman comparatively little , and they are especially careful not to call themselves gentlemen when they ...
Sayfa 104
... lady . ' It is quite in accordance with the usages of society to speak of your acquaintance the duchess as ' a very nice person . ' People who would say ' very nice lady ' are not generally of a social class that has much to do with ...
... lady . ' It is quite in accordance with the usages of society to speak of your acquaintance the duchess as ' a very nice person . ' People who would say ' very nice lady ' are not generally of a social class that has much to do with ...
Sayfa 111
... ladies and gen- tlemen , say , " He had ought to go . " A fitting reply would be , " Yes , I think he better had . " Ought says all that had ought says . Had rather . This expression and had better are much used , but in the opinion of ...
... ladies and gen- tlemen , say , " He had ought to go . " A fitting reply would be , " Yes , I think he better had . " Ought says all that had ought says . Had rather . This expression and had better are much used , but in the opinion of ...
Sayfa 116
... lady's parasol ' ? 66 The proper arrangement of words into sentences and paragraphs gives clearness and strength . To attain a clear and pithy style , it may be necessary to cut down , to re- arrange , and to rewrite whole passages of ...
... lady's parasol ' ? 66 The proper arrangement of words into sentences and paragraphs gives clearness and strength . To attain a clear and pithy style , it may be necessary to cut down , to re- arrange , and to rewrite whole passages of ...
Sayfa 126
... lady ( for ' wife ' ) ; last ( for ' latest ' ) ; lengthy ( for ' long ' ) ; leniency ( for ' lenity ' ) ; loafer ; loan or loaned ( for ' lend ' or ' lent ' ) ; located ; majority ( relating to places or circumstances , for ' most ...
... lady ( for ' wife ' ) ; last ( for ' latest ' ) ; lengthy ( for ' long ' ) ; leniency ( for ' lenity ' ) ; loafer ; loan or loaned ( for ' lend ' or ' lent ' ) ; located ; majority ( relating to places or circumstances , for ' most ...
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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