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 44–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... independence of the American colo- nies . " Names of Professions , etc. - When the name applied to a profession or calling is considered in its widest sense , the best usage is in favor of beginning the word 18 GOOD ENGLISH .
... independence of the American colo- nies . " Names of Professions , etc. - When the name applied to a profession or calling is considered in its widest sense , the best usage is in favor of beginning the word 18 GOOD ENGLISH .
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... sense of proper names should begin with capital letters . In the sentence from Milton , " Wave your tops , ye pines , " the word pines , though addressed , does not represent persons , and it is not therefore written with a capital ...
... sense of proper names should begin with capital letters . In the sentence from Milton , " Wave your tops , ye pines , " the word pines , though addressed , does not represent persons , and it is not therefore written with a capital ...
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... sense of the parts of a compound term , as in electro- magnetism , vice - admiral , hydro - carbon . The words to - day , to - night and to - morrow should always be written with a hyphen . The tendency to consolidation in compounds ...
... sense of the parts of a compound term , as in electro- magnetism , vice - admiral , hydro - carbon . The words to - day , to - night and to - morrow should always be written with a hyphen . The tendency to consolidation in compounds ...
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... sense ; as , " Why do the heathen rage ? " — Bible . " They hate us youth . " - Shakespeare . Trout , herring , shad , etc. , are often used in a collect- ive sense , and each word requires a verb in the plural ; as , " The trout ...
... sense ; as , " Why do the heathen rage ? " — Bible . " They hate us youth . " - Shakespeare . Trout , herring , shad , etc. , are often used in a collect- ive sense , and each word requires a verb in the plural ; as , " The trout ...
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... content with our lot ; " " It is the duty of all to care for their health , " not healths . Some names of building material , as brick , stone , plank , joist , are frequently used in a plural sense without 50 GOOD ENGLISH .
... content with our lot ; " " It is the duty of all to care for their health , " not healths . Some names of building material , as brick , stone , plank , joist , are frequently used in a plural sense without 50 GOOD ENGLISH .
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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