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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... speaker means to provoke , irritate , or anger . Thus , " It aggravates [ provokes ] me to be continually found fault with " ; " He is easily aggravated [ irritated ] . ” To aggravate means to add weight to , to intensify , to make ...
... speaker means to provoke , irritate , or anger . Thus , " It aggravates [ provokes ] me to be continually found fault with " ; " He is easily aggravated [ irritated ] . ” To aggravate means to add weight to , to intensify , to make ...
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... speaker would convey . Arctics . See RUBBERS . Aren't . A contraction of are not , frequently heard , yet never to be preferred to are you not or are they not . Unlike " we're , " " you're , " " I'm , " " I'll , " " they'll , " " he'll ...
... speaker would convey . Arctics . See RUBBERS . Aren't . A contraction of are not , frequently heard , yet never to be preferred to are you not or are they not . Unlike " we're , " " you're , " " I'm , " " I'll , " " they'll , " " he'll ...
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... speakers , however , ordinarily prefer to use the former . Indeed , there is rarely any good reason for giving the preference to the latter . See also COM- MENCE . Being . See Is BEING . Being built . See Is BEING . Belong . We ...
... speakers , however , ordinarily prefer to use the former . Indeed , there is rarely any good reason for giving the preference to the latter . See also COM- MENCE . Being . See Is BEING . Being built . See Is BEING . Belong . We ...
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... speaker , and is followed by away or off , and thus is opposed to bring and fetch . Yet one hears such expressions as , " Go to Mrs. D.'s and bring her this bundle ; and here- you may fetch her this book also . " We use the words ...
... speaker , and is followed by away or off , and thus is opposed to bring and fetch . Yet one hears such expressions as , " Go to Mrs. D.'s and bring her this bundle ; and here- you may fetch her this book also . " We use the words ...
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... speakers , that they are more ener- getic than the other form , and that they lead to no ambiguity , it may be doubted whether grammarians have not exceeded their province in condemning them . " • Cobbett , in writing of the pronouns ...
... speakers , that they are more ener- getic than the other form , and that they lead to no ambiguity , it may be doubted whether grammarians have not exceeded their province in condemning them . " • Cobbett , in writing of the pronouns ...
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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