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 28
... sentence ; thus , " Where have you been to ? " Before . Sometimes absurdly used in the sense of rather than . " Death before madness . " - N . Y. Times . This is like the man that died and made a will . Beg . We often see letters begin ...
... sentence ; thus , " Where have you been to ? " Before . Sometimes absurdly used in the sense of rather than . " Death before madness . " - N . Y. Times . This is like the man that died and made a will . Beg . We often see letters begin ...
Sayfa 30
... sentences as , " They both resemble each other very much " ; " They are both alike ” ; “ They both met in the street . " Both is like- wise redundant in the following sentence : " It performs 30 THE VERBALIST .
... sentences as , " They both resemble each other very much " ; " They are both alike ” ; “ They both met in the street . " Both is like- wise redundant in the following sentence : " It performs 30 THE VERBALIST .
Sayfa 31
... sentence : " It performs at the same time the offices of both the nominative and the objective case . " Also redundant in such a sentence as , " He lost all his live stock - both horses , cows , and sheep . " Both is sometimes so used ...
... sentence : " It performs at the same time the offices of both the nominative and the objective case . " Also redundant in such a sentence as , " He lost all his live stock - both horses , cows , and sheep . " Both is sometimes so used ...
Sayfa 37
... sentences in which but is used correctly with that : as , " I have no fear but that he will come " ; mean- ing , I am sure he will come . " I have no fear that he will come , " it will be seen , means the contrary of what the sentence ...
... sentences in which but is used correctly with that : as , " I have no fear but that he will come " ; mean- ing , I am sure he will come . " I have no fear that he will come , " it will be seen , means the contrary of what the sentence ...
Sayfa 39
... sentence from the pen of one of whom it has been good - naturedly said , 66 Poor man , he meant what he said , but he didn't know what he meant . ' " " " The weaker spirit of his wife dared scarcely offer [ scarcely dared to offer ] her ...
... sentence from the pen of one of whom it has been good - naturedly said , 66 Poor man , he meant what he said , but he didn't know what he meant . ' " " " The weaker spirit of his wife dared scarcely offer [ scarcely dared to offer ] her ...
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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