Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to Speak Or Write Correct English, Գիրք 1Raub & Company, 1897 - 260 էջ |
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... Errors in the use of capital letters are frequent even among reputable writers . We append some examples to show how even the best informed may sometimes violate the current rules . 1. The Lord mayor of London's authority . - Murray's ...
... Errors in the use of capital letters are frequent even among reputable writers . We append some examples to show how even the best informed may sometimes violate the current rules . 1. The Lord mayor of London's authority . - Murray's ...
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... errors , occasioned by the misuse of the hyphen , are here presented , together with the names of the authors . Webster's Spelling Book tells us that " men load hay with a pitch fork ; " also that " it 32 GOOD ENGLISH . 14 SPELLING.
... errors , occasioned by the misuse of the hyphen , are here presented , together with the names of the authors . Webster's Spelling Book tells us that " men load hay with a pitch fork ; " also that " it 32 GOOD ENGLISH . 14 SPELLING.
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... Errors in English , from which we take some of the foregoing , criticises the following : God will send no such fools as I upon his errands . - Kingsley . This sentence is correct as it stands , meaning " God will send no such fools as ...
... Errors in English , from which we take some of the foregoing , criticises the following : God will send no such fools as I upon his errands . - Kingsley . This sentence is correct as it stands , meaning " God will send no such fools as ...
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... of the verb , -Indicative , Potential , Subjunctive , Imperative , and Infinitive . Some reject the potential , and others seem inclined to reject the subjunctive . Hodgson , in his Errors in the Use of English 96 GOOD ENGLISH .
... of the verb , -Indicative , Potential , Subjunctive , Imperative , and Infinitive . Some reject the potential , and others seem inclined to reject the subjunctive . Hodgson , in his Errors in the Use of English 96 GOOD ENGLISH .
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... Errors in the Use of English , says , " The mood in the use of which mistakes are commonest , is the subjunctive , a mood that as a separate inflection is dying out in the language , the tendency being to merge the distinction between ...
... Errors in the Use of English , says , " The mood in the use of which mistakes are commonest , is the subjunctive , a mood that as a separate inflection is dying out in the language , the tendency being to merge the distinction between ...
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Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to ..., Գիրք 1 Albert Newton Raub Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1897 |
Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to ..., Գիրք 1 Albert Newton Raub Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1897 |
Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to ..., Գիրք 1 Albert Newton Raub Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1897 |
Common terms and phrases
abbreviations action antecedent apostrophe applied apposition beautiful begin with capital capital letter collective noun comma complex compound conjunctive adverb connected consonant dash Dear Sir denotes dependent clause ellipsis English Errors exclamation point expression frequently friends future perfect tense gender give grammar hyphen implies incorrect incorrectly indicate infinitive interrogation point intransitive John Horne Tooke lady language limit a noun means modify never nominative noun or pronoun object omitted one's participle person phrase placed plural plural form possessive sign preceded preposition present principle pronominal adjectives proper name properly question quotation marks reference relative pronoun represent require rule salutation semicolon sense separated singular form singular number sion sometimes sound speak stanza Street syllable SYNONYMS teacher tence tense term thing thought tion tive transitive verb usually verb agrees Violations vowel Westminster Review words ending write written