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 Propriety |
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Sayfa 12
We frequently see the relative pronoun repeated to the great detriment of the sentence , thus : “ Mr. Reno owns a mule which [ that ] is now forty - five years old , and which has not worn a collar for twenty - two years .
We frequently see the relative pronoun repeated to the great detriment of the sentence , thus : “ Mr. Reno owns a mule which [ that ] is now forty - five years old , and which has not worn a collar for twenty - two years .
Sayfa 44
Cobbett , in writing of the pronouns , says : “ When the relatives are placed in the sentence at a distance from their antecedents or verbs or prepositions , the ear gives us no assistance . · Who , of all the men in the world , do you ...
Cobbett , in writing of the pronouns , says : “ When the relatives are placed in the sentence at a distance from their antecedents or verbs or prepositions , the ear gives us no assistance . · Who , of all the men in the world , do you ...
Sayfa 45
When shall we put nouns ( or pronouns ) preceding verbal , or participial , nouns , as they are called by some grammarians - infinitives in ing , as they are called by others in the possessive case ? “ I am surprised at John's ( or his ...
When shall we put nouns ( or pronouns ) preceding verbal , or participial , nouns , as they are called by some grammarians - infinitives in ing , as they are called by others in the possessive case ? “ I am surprised at John's ( or his ...
Sayfa 100
In using pronouns one can not be too sparing . “ In this treaty the emperor . . . infamously gave his allies to Charles the Bold's revenge . The latter ( Charles ] instantly seized , ” etc. In case of disagreement between the President ...
In using pronouns one can not be too sparing . “ In this treaty the emperor . . . infamously gave his allies to Charles the Bold's revenge . The latter ( Charles ] instantly seized , ” etc. In case of disagreement between the President ...
Sayfa 102
... or not anybody is the antecedent - i . e . , when the an . tecedent may be of either sex - the masculine pronoun should always be used . Nobody [ else ] ever [ has ] put so much of themselves [ himself ) into their [ his ] work .
... or not anybody is the antecedent - i . e . , when the an . tecedent may be of either sex - the masculine pronoun should always be used . Nobody [ else ] ever [ has ] put so much of themselves [ himself ) into their [ his ] work .
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| Başlık | 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 Propriety |
| Yazar | Alfred Ayres |
| Yayıncı | D. Appleton, 1911 |
| Orijinalin kaynağı: | Minnesota Üniversitesi |
| Dijital ortama aktarılmış | 21 Eki 2013 |
| ISBN | 0827436696, 9780827436695 |
| Uzunluk | 337 sayfa |
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