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 8–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... sion , " Mulberry street , " and " Grand Street , " but John Wilson , an excellent author- ity on such matters , writes " School Street , " and the Atlantic Monthly , " Nassau Street . " Bryant the expression , Goold Brown seems to ...
... sion , " Mulberry street , " and " Grand Street , " but John Wilson , an excellent author- ity on such matters , writes " School Street , " and the Atlantic Monthly , " Nassau Street . " Bryant the expression , Goold Brown seems to ...
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... sion . Though some writers place the possessive after the first of two nouns in apposition , as " We bought the goods at Smith's , the grocer , " the best usage does not sanction the practice . The sign should be put after the second ...
... sion . Though some writers place the possessive after the first of two nouns in apposition , as " We bought the goods at Smith's , the grocer , " the best usage does not sanction the practice . The sign should be put after the second ...
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... sion by a prepositional phrase as in the case of neuter nouns . Violations of the Correct Usage of the Possessive Sign . Many reputable writers , through carelessness or other- wise , occasionally violate the rules of syntax . The ...
... sion by a prepositional phrase as in the case of neuter nouns . Violations of the Correct Usage of the Possessive Sign . Many reputable writers , through carelessness or other- wise , occasionally violate the rules of syntax . The ...
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... sion " little girl . " When an adjective precedes an expression in which a possessive limits another noun , the adjective limits the noun in the possessive rather than the noun limited by the possessive . Thus , in the expression ...
... sion " little girl . " When an adjective precedes an expression in which a possessive limits another noun , the adjective limits the noun in the possessive rather than the noun limited by the possessive . Thus , in the expression ...
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... sion means " the north poles and the south poles , " an indefinite number of each . There is objection also to the statement of a late writer who argues that we may say , " the first and second edi- tions of a book , " which means ...
... sion means " the north poles and the south poles , " an indefinite number of each . There is objection also to the statement of a late writer who argues that we may say , " the first and second edi- tions of a book , " which means ...
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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