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 60
... young gentle- man to say so . Affection deals in superlatives , and a lover who will not or can not use them is a cold - hearted humbug . In short , Mr. Ayres has set forth on a fool's errand when he attempts to reform a language in no ...
... young gentle- man to say so . Affection deals in superlatives , and a lover who will not or can not use them is a cold - hearted humbug . In short , Mr. Ayres has set forth on a fool's errand when he attempts to reform a language in no ...
Sayfa 84
... young . " If we retain the construc- tion , the best way , perhaps , to mend the sentence is this : The plays that the author has given place to in this , etc. Emigrant — Immigrant . These words are not infre- quently confounded ...
... young . " If we retain the construc- tion , the best way , perhaps , to mend the sentence is this : The plays that the author has given place to in this , etc. Emigrant — Immigrant . These words are not infre- quently confounded ...
Sayfa 90
... young lady is never allowed to ride or drive alone with a gentleman ; neither is she allowed to walk upon [ in ] the street , visit any friend , nor to attend a public ball , ex- cept [ unless ] she is accompanied by some member of the ...
... young lady is never allowed to ride or drive alone with a gentleman ; neither is she allowed to walk upon [ in ] the street , visit any friend , nor to attend a public ball , ex- cept [ unless ] she is accompanied by some member of the ...
Sayfa 101
... young people , have of writing themselves at the end of their letters . In this way the obscure stripling protests himself the FRIEND of the first man in the land , and that , too , when he is , perhaps , a comparative stranger and ask ...
... young people , have of writing themselves at the end of their letters . In this way the obscure stripling protests himself the FRIEND of the first man in the land , and that , too , when he is , perhaps , a comparative stranger and ask ...
Sayfa 113
... young men , and by a class of older men that instinctively try to make up in clatter for what they lack in matter . Examples of this kind of writing are abundant in Prof. L. T. Townsend's Art of Speech , which , as examples , are all ...
... young men , and by a class of older men that instinctively try to make up in clatter for what they lack in matter . Examples of this kind of writing are abundant in Prof. L. T. Townsend's Art of Speech , which , as examples , are all ...
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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