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 32–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... present ; 2. That his brother had not been present ; 3. That neither had any desire to be present . " 4. First Word of an Example . - The first 11 CAPITAL LETTERS First Word in a Book First Word of a Sen- Numbered Clauses First Word ...
... present ; 2. That his brother had not been present ; 3. That neither had any desire to be present . " 4. First Word of an Example . - The first 11 CAPITAL LETTERS First Word in a Book First Word of a Sen- Numbered Clauses First Word ...
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... present , and one should write , Yours respectfully , Yours very truly , I am , my dear Captain , Your friend . I am , Sir , with great esteem , Your obedient servant . A Series of Questions . - When a series of questions is propounded ...
... present , and one should write , Yours respectfully , Yours very truly , I am , my dear Captain , Your friend . I am , Sir , with great esteem , Your obedient servant . A Series of Questions . - When a series of questions is propounded ...
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... Present usage does not sustain Mr. Brown . NOTE . As regards the name White Clay , in Delaware , which is the name of both a creek and a political division known as a hun- dred , a peculiar local pronunciation has become established ...
... Present usage does not sustain Mr. Brown . NOTE . As regards the name White Clay , in Delaware , which is the name of both a creek and a political division known as a hun- dred , a peculiar local pronunciation has become established ...
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... present time in the case of such words as center , is to use the termination ter rather than tre , though either is correct , and we may write center or centre , theater or theatre . Many words of the language have two or more forms ...
... present time in the case of such words as center , is to use the termination ter rather than tre , though either is correct , and we may write center or centre , theater or theatre . Many words of the language have two or more forms ...
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... present is to write the names of occu- pations in a common gender , without reference to sex . Thus , editor means a person that edits ; there is no need of the word editress . We thus also write the word painter to represent either sex ...
... present is to write the names of occu- pations in a common gender , without reference to sex . Thus , editor means a person that edits ; there is no need of the word editress . We thus also write the word painter to represent either sex ...
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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