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 20–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... phrase might mean the new directory for York : but this position is not tena- ble . If a new directory for York were meant , the word " new " should not begin with a capital letter , and the expression should read " The new York ...
... phrase might mean the new directory for York : but this position is not tena- ble . If a new directory for York were meant , the word " new " should not begin with a capital letter , and the expression should read " The new York ...
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... phrase used as an epithet or as a modifier is com- pounded , and the hyphen used ; as , a “ never - to - be - for- gotten " event , a " flower - bedecked " meadow , an " I - am- surprised " expression of countenance . When compounds are ...
... phrase used as an epithet or as a modifier is com- pounded , and the hyphen used ; as , a “ never - to - be - for- gotten " event , a " flower - bedecked " meadow , an " I - am- surprised " expression of countenance . When compounds are ...
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... phrase that is used as an epithet , or whose parts have so lost their meaning as to become Anglicized , is written with a hyphen ; as , piano - forte , billet - doux . But if the words convey their original meaning , they remain ...
... phrase that is used as an epithet , or whose parts have so lost their meaning as to become Anglicized , is written with a hyphen ; as , piano - forte , billet - doux . But if the words convey their original meaning , they remain ...
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... phrase admission free in the follow- ing : " Admission free " was posted on the walls . The most important division of nouns , so far as writ- ing correctly is concerned , is that into Common and Proper nouns ; that is , names ...
... phrase admission free in the follow- ing : " Admission free " was posted on the walls . The most important division of nouns , so far as writ- ing correctly is concerned , is that into Common and Proper nouns ; that is , names ...
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... phrase rather than by the use of a possessive term . This is particularly true of nouns in the neuter gender . Thus , " The roof of the house " or " The roaring of the wind " is better than " The house's roof " or " The wind's roaring ...
... phrase rather than by the use of a possessive term . This is particularly true of nouns in the neuter gender . Thus , " The roof of the house " or " The roaring of the wind " is better than " The house's roof " or " The wind's roaring ...
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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