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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... persons or to things . " He offered me the same conditions as he offered you . " " The same conditions that " would be equally proper . See also LIKE . Ascribe . See IMPUTE . Aside . Sometimes misused for apart . " Words have a potency ...
... persons or to things . " He offered me the same conditions as he offered you . " " The same conditions that " would be equally proper . See also LIKE . Ascribe . See IMPUTE . Aside . Sometimes misused for apart . " Words have a potency ...
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... person that listens ; a spectator is one that looks . An auditorium is a place where people assemble to hear , to ... person who writes poetry , and author , in the sense under consideration , a person who writes poetry or prose - not a ...
... person that listens ; a spectator is one that looks . An auditorium is a place where people assemble to hear , to ... person who writes poetry , and author , in the sense under consideration , a person who writes poetry or prose - not a ...
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... Persons with only a limited vocabulary at their command frequently use this word when some other word of a less repulsive mien would be chosen by persons of better taste and more culture . A while since . An expression often heard but ...
... Persons with only a limited vocabulary at their command frequently use this word when some other word of a less repulsive mien would be chosen by persons of better taste and more culture . A while since . An expression often heard but ...
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... persons of considerable culture . They use it in the sense of accuse or suspect ; thus , his brother , " meaning that he accuses or suspects his brother of having done it , or of being at fault for it . " He blames it on Bogus . A ...
... persons of considerable culture . They use it in the sense of accuse or suspect ; thus , his brother , " meaning that he accuses or suspects his brother of having done it , or of being at fault for it . " He blames it on Bogus . A ...
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... persons would be guilty of in America . . . . In the tenses of the verbs , I am inclined to think that well - educated Americans conform more closely to grammatical propriety than the corresponding class in England . . . . In general ...
... persons would be guilty of in America . . . . In the tenses of the verbs , I am inclined to think that well - educated Americans conform more closely to grammatical propriety than the corresponding class in England . . . . In general ...
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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