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 170
... thou not minister to a mind diseased- Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ? " ' At length Erasmus Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age , 66 And drove those holy Vandals off the stage . " " Censure is the tax a man pays to the ...
... thou not minister to a mind diseased- Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ? " ' At length Erasmus Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age , 66 And drove those holy Vandals off the stage . " " Censure is the tax a man pays to the ...
Sayfa 219
... thou . ' In modern German , ' thou ' ( Du ) is the address of familiarity and in- timacy ; while the ordinary pronoun is the curiously in- direct ' they ' ( Sie ) . On solemn occasions we may revert to ' thou . ' Cato , in his ...
... thou . ' In modern German , ' thou ' ( Du ) is the address of familiarity and in- timacy ; while the ordinary pronoun is the curiously in- direct ' they ' ( Sie ) . On solemn occasions we may revert to ' thou . ' Cato , in his ...
Sayfa 220
... thou ' and ' you ' in the same passage . Thus , Thackeray ( Adventures of Philip ) : So , as thy sun rises , friend , over the humble house - tops round about your home , shall you wake many and many a day to duty and labor . ' So ...
... thou ' and ' you ' in the same passage . Thus , Thackeray ( Adventures of Philip ) : So , as thy sun rises , friend , over the humble house - tops round about your home , shall you wake many and many a day to duty and labor . ' So ...
Sayfa 223
... thou my door ! To none be shut - to honest or to poor ! " In time the good prior was succeeded by a man as self- ish as his predecessor was generous . The lines over the door of the priory were allowed to remain ; one stop , how- ever ...
... thou my door ! To none be shut - to honest or to poor ! " In time the good prior was succeeded by a man as self- ish as his predecessor was generous . The lines over the door of the priory were allowed to remain ; one stop , how- ever ...
Sayfa 235
... thou , O Hope ! with eyes so fair , Milton . What was thy delighted measure ? " - Collins . It will be observed that the interjection O is an excep- tion to the rule : it is often followed by a comma , but never by an exclamation point ...
... thou , O Hope ! with eyes so fair , Milton . What was thy delighted measure ? " - Collins . It will be observed that the interjection O is an excep- tion to the rule : it is often followed by a comma , but never by an exclamation point ...
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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