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 13
... misused in such sentences as " Her death is hourly anticipated ” ; “ By this means it is anticipated that the time from Europe will be lessened two days . " Correctly used thus : " If not anticipated , I shall hereafter make an attempt ...
... misused in such sentences as " Her death is hourly anticipated ” ; “ By this means it is anticipated that the time from Europe will be lessened two days . " Correctly used thus : " If not anticipated , I shall hereafter make an attempt ...
Sayfa 14
... Misused in the sense of expect , thus : " The poetry of Mr. Fawcett , as one might anticipate from an acquaintance with his prose , " etc.-N. Y. Tribune . " Trouble is anticipated over the proposed employment of Hungarians in the ...
... Misused in the sense of expect , thus : " The poetry of Mr. Fawcett , as one might anticipate from an acquaintance with his prose , " etc.-N. Y. Tribune . " Trouble is anticipated over the proposed employment of Hungarians in the ...
Sayfa 21
... misused for likely , and sometimes for liable . " What is he apt to be doing ? " " Where shall I be apt to find him ? " If properly directed , it will be apt to reach me . " In such sentences as these likely is the proper word to use ...
... misused for likely , and sometimes for liable . " What is he apt to be doing ? " " Where shall I be apt to find him ? " If properly directed , it will be apt to reach me . " In such sentences as these likely is the proper word to use ...
Sayfa 22
... misused for apart . " Words have a potency of association aside from their significance as representative signs . " - Dr . William Mathews . " Aside , " says Prof. J. S. Blackwell , " in the sense of separately , as a subject of thought ...
... misused for apart . " Words have a potency of association aside from their significance as representative signs . " - Dr . William Mathews . " Aside , " says Prof. J. S. Blackwell , " in the sense of separately , as a subject of thought ...
Sayfa 26
... misused for vocation . Our avoca- tions are the things we do for the love of doing them ; our vocations are the things we do for gain . 66 ' Every man should have two things : a vocation and an avocation . The number of Americans who ...
... misused for vocation . Our avoca- tions are the things we do for the love of doing them ; our vocations are the things we do for gain . 66 ' Every man should have two things : a vocation and an avocation . The number of Americans who ...
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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