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 8
... sometimes so extended that it makes a volume ; as in the case of Swift's Tale of a Tub , Arbuth- not's John Bull , Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress , etc. Fables and parables are short allegories . Allow . This word is frequently misused in ...
... sometimes so extended that it makes a volume ; as in the case of Swift's Tale of a Tub , Arbuth- not's John Bull , Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress , etc. Fables and parables are short allegories . Allow . This word is frequently misused in ...
Sayfa 10
... Sometimes misused thus : " He was there among the rest " ; properly , with the rest . Among one another . " They exchanged confidences among one another " ; properly , with one another , or among themselves . Amount of Perfection . The ...
... Sometimes misused thus : " He was there among the rest " ; properly , with the rest . Among one another . " They exchanged confidences among one another " ; properly , with one another , or among themselves . Amount of Perfection . The ...
Sayfa 12
... sometimes improperly used instead of or ; thus , " It is obvious that a language like the Greek and Latin ( language ? ) , etc. , should be , " a language like the Greek or the Latin " ( language ) , etc. There is no such thing as a ...
... sometimes improperly used instead of or ; thus , " It is obvious that a language like the Greek and Latin ( language ? ) , etc. , should be , " a language like the Greek or the Latin " ( language ) , etc. There is no such thing as a ...
Sayfa 13
... sometimes for foresee . Anticipate is derived from two Latin words meaning before and to take , and , when properly used , means , to take before- hand ; to go before so as to preclude another ; to get the start of or to get ahead of ...
... sometimes for foresee . Anticipate is derived from two Latin words meaning before and to take , and , when properly used , means , to take before- hand ; to go before so as to preclude another ; to get the start of or to get ahead of ...
Sayfa 18
... sometimes made to do service for at all . We say properly , " She is not any better " ; but we can not properly say , " She does not see any , " meaning that she is blind . Anybody else . " Public - school teachers are in- formed that ...
... sometimes made to do service for at all . We say properly , " She is not any better " ; but we can not properly say , " She does not see any , " meaning that she is blind . Anybody else . " Public - school teachers are in- formed that ...
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