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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... Sometimes it is difficult to de- termine the exact meaning of an oral expression that may be made perfectly clear when written , by the use or the non - use of a capital letter . Thus , in spoken language we detect no difference between ...
... Sometimes it is difficult to de- termine the exact meaning of an oral expression that may be made perfectly clear when written , by the use or the non - use of a capital letter . Thus , in spoken language we detect no difference between ...
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... sometimes violate the current rules . 1. The Lord mayor of London's authority . - Murray's Gram- mar . 2. We stayed a month at lord Lyttleton's , the ornament of his country . Id . 3. The Chestnut ridge is about twenty - five miles west ...
... sometimes violate the current rules . 1. The Lord mayor of London's authority . - Murray's Gram- mar . 2. We stayed a month at lord Lyttleton's , the ornament of his country . Id . 3. The Chestnut ridge is about twenty - five miles west ...
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... sometimes require a hyphen to connect their parts . The following are the most important principles gov- erning the use of the hyphen : 1. Permanent compounds , such as bookseller , penman , and shoemaker , are consolidated ; while ...
... sometimes require a hyphen to connect their parts . The following are the most important principles gov- erning the use of the hyphen : 1. Permanent compounds , such as bookseller , penman , and shoemaker , are consolidated ; while ...
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... sometimes necessary to make the meaning clear . Thus , there is a well - defined difference between a glass - house , a place for making glass , and a glass house , which is a house made of glass . So , also , the distinction between a ...
... sometimes necessary to make the meaning clear . Thus , there is a well - defined difference between a glass - house , a place for making glass , and a glass house , which is a house made of glass . So , also , the distinction between a ...
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... sometimes used in the plural ; as , " Thirty thousand head of swine . " - Addison . In such expressions as " A three - cent piece , " " A five- dollar bill , " " A ten - foot pole , " and the like , the word joined to the numeral by the ...
... sometimes used in the plural ; as , " Thirty thousand head of swine . " - Addison . In such expressions as " A three - cent piece , " " A five- dollar bill , " " A ten - foot pole , " and the like , the word joined to the numeral by the ...
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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