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 25
... simply a person who writes poetry , and author , in the sense under consideration , a person who writes poetry or prose - not a man who writes , but a person who writes . Nothing in either word indicates sex ; and everybody knows that ...
... simply a person who writes poetry , and author , in the sense under consideration , a person who writes poetry or prose - not a man who writes , but a person who writes . Nothing in either word indicates sex ; and everybody knows that ...
Sayfa 31
... simply brave are care- less , while the courageous man is always cautious . Bravery often degenerates into temerity . Moral courage is that firmness of principle that enables a man to do what he deems to be his duty although his action ...
... simply brave are care- less , while the courageous man is always cautious . Bravery often degenerates into temerity . Moral courage is that firmness of principle that enables a man to do what he deems to be his duty although his action ...
Sayfa 47
... simply to circumstances . Accidents are frequently occasioned by carelessness , but casualties are altogether in- dependent of ourselves . We are all exposed to the most calamitous accidents ; our happiness depends upon many ...
... simply to circumstances . Accidents are frequently occasioned by carelessness , but casualties are altogether in- dependent of ourselves . We are all exposed to the most calamitous accidents ; our happiness depends upon many ...
Sayfa 57
... simply two , but two that are united by some bond ; such as , for example , the tie that unites the sexes . It has , however , been so long used to mean two of a kind considered together , that in this sense it may be deemed permissible ...
... simply two , but two that are united by some bond ; such as , for example , the tie that unites the sexes . It has , however , been so long used to mean two of a kind considered together , that in this sense it may be deemed permissible ...
Sayfa 69
... simply and quite as forcibly : to which one person has an inalienable right equal to that of another , is not new . " Or , more simply still , and more forcibly : to which one man has as good a right as another , is not new . " By ...
... simply and quite as forcibly : to which one person has an inalienable right equal to that of another , is not new . " Or , more simply still , and more forcibly : to which one man has as good a right as another , is not new . " By ...
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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