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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Արդյունքներ 27–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... gives the following as written incorrectly . They are taken from Williams ' Universal Gazetteer . " Salt Creck , the name of four towns in different parts of Ohio ; White Clay , a hundred in Newcastle county 26 GOOD ENGLISH .
... gives the following as written incorrectly . They are taken from Williams ' Universal Gazetteer . " Salt Creck , the name of four towns in different parts of Ohio ; White Clay , a hundred in Newcastle county 26 GOOD ENGLISH .
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... incorrect ; but even principle Seven , while general in its application , seems to have some exceptions in such words as rising , sizable , and dronish . THE USE OF THE HYPHEN . The use of the hyphen is considered here because of its ...
... incorrect ; but even principle Seven , while general in its application , seems to have some exceptions in such words as rising , sizable , and dronish . THE USE OF THE HYPHEN . The use of the hyphen is considered here because of its ...
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... incorrect . Whereabouts means simply location or staying - place and is in the singular number . GENDER . Gender is the distinguishing of nouns with regard to sex . It has been argued by some that as there are but two sexes there should ...
... incorrect . Whereabouts means simply location or staying - place and is in the singular number . GENDER . Gender is the distinguishing of nouns with regard to sex . It has been argued by some that as there are but two sexes there should ...
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... incorrect to speak of them as feminine , for they might be male friends ; indeed , they might consist of both males and females . To attribute either masculine or feminine gender to the word parents , in which both sexes are represented ...
... incorrect to speak of them as feminine , for they might be male friends ; indeed , they might consist of both males and females . To attribute either masculine or feminine gender to the word parents , in which both sexes are represented ...
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... incorrect usage of the possessive form : Man only of a softer mold is made , Not for his fellow's ruin , but their [ his ] aid . — Dryden . All liars shall have their parts [ part ] in the burning lake.— Watts . And love's [ love ] and ...
... incorrect usage of the possessive form : Man only of a softer mold is made , Not for his fellow's ruin , but their [ his ] aid . — Dryden . All liars shall have their parts [ part ] in the burning lake.— Watts . And love's [ love ] and ...
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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 |
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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