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 |
Kitabın içinden
24 sonuçtan 6-10 arası sonuçlar
Sayfa 157
... woman . Gentlemen and ladies establish their claims to be- ing called such by their bearing , and not by arrogating to themselves , even indirectly , the titles . In England , the title lady is properly correlative to lord ; but there ...
... woman . Gentlemen and ladies establish their claims to be- ing called such by their bearing , and not by arrogating to themselves , even indirectly , the titles . In England , the title lady is properly correlative to lord ; but there ...
Sayfa 158
... woman ; not so , however , with your young woman who , being in a store , is in a better position than ever before . She - Heaven bless her ! -seethes with indignation if she is not called a sales- lady . Lady is often the proper term ...
... woman ; not so , however , with your young woman who , being in a store , is in a better position than ever before . She - Heaven bless her ! -seethes with indignation if she is not called a sales- lady . Lady is often the proper term ...
Sayfa 159
... woman a woman than he would term her a lady . When a man makes use of an adjective in speaking of a lady , he almost invariably calls her a woman . Thus he would say , ' I met a rather agree- able woman at dinner last night ' ; but he ...
... woman a woman than he would term her a lady . When a man makes use of an adjective in speaking of a lady , he almost invariably calls her a woman . Thus he would say , ' I met a rather agree- able woman at dinner last night ' ; but he ...
Sayfa 160
... woman . " ' Man and woman are much more sonorous , humane , and desirable terms than gentleman and lady . It may also be said that in nine cases out of ten their use is much more gentlemanly and ladylike . ” — N . Y. Sun , Aug. 14 ...
... woman . " ' Man and woman are much more sonorous , humane , and desirable terms than gentleman and lady . It may also be said that in nine cases out of ten their use is much more gentlemanly and ladylike . ” — N . Y. Sun , Aug. 14 ...
Sayfa 168
... woman loses her name in that of the man she is wedded to , and becomes a member of his family , not he of hers - inasmuch as , with few exceptions , it is her life that is merged in his - it would seem that , properly , Sally Brown is ...
... woman loses her name in that of the man she is wedded to , and becomes a member of his family , not he of hers - inasmuch as , with few exceptions , it is her life that is merged in his - it would seem that , properly , Sally Brown is ...
Diğer baskılar - Tümünü görüntüle
Sık kullanılan terimler ve kelime öbekleri
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