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 134
... passive form of conjugation , as , " The bridge is being built , " " The bridge was being built , " and so forth , it is one of the most absurd and monstrous innovations ever thought of . " The work is now being published " is cer ...
... passive form of conjugation , as , " The bridge is being built , " " The bridge was being built , " and so forth , it is one of the most absurd and monstrous innovations ever thought of . " The work is now being published " is cer ...
Sayfa 137
... passive ? The question is not , originally , of my ask- ing ; but , as the learned are at open feud on the subject , it should not be passed by in silence . Its deviser is , more than likely , as undiscoverable as the name of the ...
... passive ? The question is not , originally , of my ask- ing ; but , as the learned are at open feud on the subject , it should not be passed by in silence . Its deviser is , more than likely , as undiscoverable as the name of the ...
Sayfa 140
... passive , our ancestors centuries ago prefixed with is , etc. , in , afterward corrupted into a , to a verbal substantive . The house is in building ' could be taken to mean nothing but ades ædificantur ; and when the in gave place to a ...
... passive , our ancestors centuries ago prefixed with is , etc. , in , afterward corrupted into a , to a verbal substantive . The house is in building ' could be taken to mean nothing but ades ædificantur ; and when the in gave place to a ...
Sayfa 141
... passive participle , we possessed the former , with is prefixed , as the active present imperfect , it is in rigid accordance with the symmetry of our verb that , to construct the passive present- imperfect , we prefix is to the latter ...
... passive participle , we possessed the former , with is prefixed , as the active present imperfect , it is in rigid accordance with the symmetry of our verb that , to construct the passive present- imperfect , we prefix is to the latter ...
Sayfa 142
... passive participle perfect and the passive infinitive are subjoined to auxiliaries . In is building and is being built , we have , in strict harmony with the constitution of the per- fect and future tenses , an auxiliary followed by the ...
... passive participle perfect and the passive infinitive are subjoined to auxiliaries . In is building and is being built , we have , in strict harmony with the constitution of the per- fect and future tenses , an auxiliary followed by the ...
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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