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 85
... live in , " not " The house in which we live . " Enjoy bad health . As no one has ever been known to enjoy bad health , it is better to employ some other form of expression than this . Say , for example , he is in feeble , or delicate ...
... live in , " not " The house in which we live . " Enjoy bad health . As no one has ever been known to enjoy bad health , it is better to employ some other form of expression than this . Say , for example , he is in feeble , or delicate ...
Sayfa 90
... lives , would probably have been prevented except [ but ] for government red tape . " " The young lady is never allowed to ride or drive alone with a gentleman ; neither is she allowed to walk upon [ in ] the street , visit any friend ...
... lives , would probably have been prevented except [ but ] for government red tape . " " The young lady is never allowed to ride or drive alone with a gentleman ; neither is she allowed to walk upon [ in ] the street , visit any friend ...
Sayfa 95
... lives farther away than I do . " " We will not discuss the matter further . " Female . Often used when woman is the word that good taste , as well as correctness , demands . Why should woman , any more than man , be confounded with the ...
... lives farther away than I do . " " We will not discuss the matter further . " Female . Often used when woman is the word that good taste , as well as correctness , demands . Why should woman , any more than man , be confounded with the ...
Sayfa 114
... lives here ? ' The process is to look , then close the eyes , then look within . " The blundering inanity of this kind of writing is equaled only by its bump- tious grandiloquence . On page 137 , Dr. Townsend quotes this wholesome ad ...
... lives here ? ' The process is to look , then close the eyes , then look within . " The blundering inanity of this kind of writing is equaled only by its bump- tious grandiloquence . On page 137 , Dr. Townsend quotes this wholesome ad ...
Sayfa 157
... lives are exemplary , and v ́ have received that school and home education that e them to appear to advantage in the better circles Such expressions as ' She is a fine lady , a c well - dressed lady , a good lady , a modest lad lady ...
... lives are exemplary , and v ́ have received that school and home education that e them to appear to advantage in the better circles Such expressions as ' She is a fine lady , a c well - dressed lady , a good lady , a modest lad lady ...
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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