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 31
... reason , cal- culation . There is much merit in being courageous , little merit in being brave . Men that are simply brave are care- less , while the courageous man is always cautious . Bravery often degenerates into temerity . Moral ...
... reason , cal- culation . There is much merit in being courageous , little merit in being brave . Men that are simply brave are care- less , while the courageous man is always cautious . Bravery often degenerates into temerity . Moral ...
Sayfa 35
... reason to think that climate is affecting our articulation . In spite of the coldness of our winters , our flora shows that the climate of even our Northern States belongs , upon the whole , to a more southern type than that of England ...
... reason to think that climate is affecting our articulation . In spite of the coldness of our winters , our flora shows that the climate of even our Northern States belongs , upon the whole , to a more southern type than that of England ...
Sayfa 45
... reason for thus using it . 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 oth- ers in the possessive case ? " I am ...
... reason for thus using it . 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 oth- ers in the possessive case ? " I am ...
Sayfa 46
... reason being assigned . ' ' The boy died through his clothes being burned . ' ' We hear little of any connection being kept up between the two nations . ' ' The men rowed vigorously for fear of the tide turning against us . ' But most ...
... reason being assigned . ' ' The boy died through his clothes being burned . ' ' We hear little of any connection being kept up between the two nations . ' ' The men rowed vigorously for fear of the tide turning against us . ' But most ...
Sayfa 50
... reason ! how infinite in faculties ! in form and moving , how express and admirable ! in action , how like an angel ! in apprehen- sion , how like a god ! " The word climax should not be used for acme . They are not even synonyms ...
... reason ! how infinite in faculties ! in form and moving , how express and admirable ! in action , how like an angel ! in apprehen- sion , how like a god ! " The word climax should not be used for acme . They are not even synonyms ...
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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