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 74
... present , etc. , it is not needed ; and it should be unceremoniously bowed out , or thrust out , of the seat into which it has temporarily in- truded . " The word is a good deal used by persons that are not careful in their speech , and ...
... present , etc. , it is not needed ; and it should be unceremoniously bowed out , or thrust out , of the seat into which it has temporarily in- truded . " The word is a good deal used by persons that are not careful in their speech , and ...
Sayfa 82
... present them in such juxtaposition and contrast as may seem to be best adapted to the elimination [ eluci- dation ] of their significance . " " Never before was [ had there been ] so much genuine poetry eliminated by such a process of ...
... present them in such juxtaposition and contrast as may seem to be best adapted to the elimination [ eluci- dation ] of their significance . " " Never before was [ had there been ] so much genuine poetry eliminated by such a process of ...
Sayfa 85
... present , however , it is studiously shunned by those that are at all careful in selecting their words . It is said to be most used in the South . The writer has never seen it anywhere in the North but in the columns of the Boston ...
... present , however , it is studiously shunned by those that are at all careful in selecting their words . It is said to be most used in the South . The writer has never seen it anywhere in the North but in the columns of the Boston ...
Sayfa 92
... present uses of explode , whether literal or figurative , have reference to bursting , and to bursting with noise ; and it is for the most part forgotten , I should imagine , that these are all secondary and derived ; that to explode ...
... present uses of explode , whether literal or figurative , have reference to bursting , and to bursting with noise ; and it is for the most part forgotten , I should imagine , that these are all secondary and derived ; that to explode ...
Sayfa 117
... present all thought of ornament or elegance , and to aim only at expressing himself plainly and clearly . The best ornament is always that which comes unsought . Let him not beat about the bush , but go straight to the point . Let him ...
... present all thought of ornament or elegance , and to aim only at expressing himself plainly and clearly . The best ornament is always that which comes unsought . Let him not beat about the bush , but go straight to the point . Let him ...
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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