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 26
... noun that indicates a person ; and the next editions of our dictionaries may be made complete by the addition of writress , officeress , manageress , superintend- entess , secretaryess , treasureress , walkeress , talkeress , and so on ...
... noun that indicates a person ; and the next editions of our dictionaries may be made complete by the addition of writress , officeress , manageress , superintend- entess , secretaryess , treasureress , walkeress , talkeress , and so on ...
Sayfa 45
... nouns , especially with such nouns as do not readily case of negation , not me is the usual practice . " - Bain . This , I confi- dently affirm , is not true in America . - A . A. take the possessive form . ' They prevented him going ...
... nouns , especially with such nouns as do not readily case of negation , not me is the usual practice . " - Bain . This , I confi- dently affirm , is not true in America . - A . A. take the possessive form . ' They prevented him going ...
Sayfa 46
... noun ] qualified by the possessive your . ' In case of your being present ' : here being would have to be construed as a participle . The pos- sessive construction is , in this case , the primitive and regu- lar construction ; THE OTHER ...
... noun ] qualified by the possessive your . ' In case of your being present ' : here being would have to be construed as a participle . The pos- sessive construction is , in this case , the primitive and regu- lar construction ; THE OTHER ...
Sayfa 86
... noun , as , Napoleon the Great , Washington , the Father of his Country , John the Baptist , etc. A man's style depends much on his choice of epithets ; those that use them sparingly , as a rule , are the better writers . Equally as ...
... noun , as , Napoleon the Great , Washington , the Father of his Country , John the Baptist , etc. A man's style depends much on his choice of epithets ; those that use them sparingly , as a rule , are the better writers . Equally as ...
Sayfa 98
... nouns have been thus pointed out : A flock of girls is called a bevy ; a bevy of wolves a pack ; a pack of thieves a gang ; a gang of angels a host ; a host of porpoises a shoal ; a shoal of buffalo a herd ; a herd of children a troop ...
... nouns have been thus pointed out : A flock of girls is called a bevy ; a bevy of wolves a pack ; a pack of thieves a gang ; a gang of angels a host ; a host of porpoises a shoal ; a shoal of buffalo a herd ; a herd of children a troop ...
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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