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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... Dr. William Matthews , " with scores of pet phrases and cant terms which [ that ] are repeated at this day apparently without a thought of their meaning ? Who ever attended a missionary meeting without 40 THE VERBALIST .
... Dr. William Matthews , " with scores of pet phrases and cant terms which [ that ] are repeated at this day apparently without a thought of their meaning ? Who ever attended a missionary meeting without 40 THE VERBALIST .
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... phrase - never c'est je ( it is I ) . " But moi , according to all French grammarians , is very often in the nominative case . Moi is in the nominative case when used in reply to “ Who is there ? " and also in the phrase " C'est moi ...
... phrase - never c'est je ( it is I ) . " But moi , according to all French grammarians , is very often in the nominative case . Moi is in the nominative case when used in reply to “ Who is there ? " and also in the phrase " C'est moi ...
Sayfa 49
... phrase " a clever man " is the equivalent of the French phrase , " ' un homme d'esprit . " The word is prop- erly used in the following sentences : " Every work of Archbishop Whately must be an object of interest to the THE VERBALIST . 49.
... phrase " a clever man " is the equivalent of the French phrase , " ' un homme d'esprit . " The word is prop- erly used in the following sentences : " Every work of Archbishop Whately must be an object of interest to the THE VERBALIST . 49.
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... phrase . The verb commence , if not followed by some other verb in the infinitive mood , may be tolerated for a change . Though it is not to be found anywhere in the Bible ( imagine ' In the commencement ' ! ) , it occurs a few times in ...
... phrase . The verb commence , if not followed by some other verb in the infinitive mood , may be tolerated for a change . Though it is not to be found anywhere in the Bible ( imagine ' In the commencement ' ! ) , it occurs a few times in ...
Sayfa 53
... phrase is a convenient mode of expressing the idea it conveys , but it is difficult to de- fend , inasmuch as confirmed means strengthened , estab- lished . Congregate together . A pleonastic expression often met with . Congregate ...
... phrase is a convenient mode of expressing the idea it conveys , but it is difficult to de- fend , inasmuch as confirmed means strengthened , estab- lished . Congregate together . A pleonastic expression often met with . Congregate ...
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