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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... usage makes it mean that a thing may be had , or has been sold , at a bargain . Hence , in order to make sure of being understood , it is better to say low - priced , when one means low - priced , than to use the word cheap . What is ...
... usage makes it mean that a thing may be had , or has been sold , at a bargain . Hence , in order to make sure of being understood , it is better to say low - priced , when one means low - priced , than to use the word cheap . What is ...
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... usage . " I regret to differ from some of my friends in Birming- ham on this difficult question . " - John Bright . Directly . The Britons have a way of using this word in the sense of when , as soon as . This is quite foreign to its ...
... usage . " I regret to differ from some of my friends in Birming- ham on this difficult question . " - John Bright . Directly . The Britons have a way of using this word in the sense of when , as soon as . This is quite foreign to its ...
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... usage [ use ] of either and neither as con- junctions , " says Hodgson , " it seems to be generally conceded that these words , although originally contemplating no more than duality , may be freely extended to any number of ob- jects ...
... usage [ use ] of either and neither as con- junctions , " says Hodgson , " it seems to be generally conceded that these words , although originally contemplating no more than duality , may be freely extended to any number of ob- jects ...
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... usage say that it also means , to put to death in conformity with a judicial sen- tence ; as , to execute a criminal . Some careful speakers , however , maintain that the use of the word in this sense is indefensible . They say that ...
... usage say that it also means , to put to death in conformity with a judicial sen- tence ; as , to execute a criminal . Some careful speakers , however , maintain that the use of the word in this sense is indefensible . They say that ...
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... usage . " Webster inserts firstly , but remarks , Improperly used for first . " 66 Firstly , when followed by secondly , thirdly , etc. , is cer- tainly more euphonious . First - rate . There are people that object to this phrase , and ...
... usage . " Webster inserts firstly , but remarks , Improperly used for first . " 66 Firstly , when followed by secondly , thirdly , etc. , is cer- tainly more euphonious . First - rate . There are people that object to this phrase , and ...
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