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 30–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... thought , may prove most helpful to those who desire to speak or write the language correctly . Many sentences taken from the works of reputable writers , but illustrating violations of correct usage , have been incorporated in the book ...
... thought , may prove most helpful to those who desire to speak or write the language correctly . Many sentences taken from the works of reputable writers , but illustrating violations of correct usage , have been incorporated in the book ...
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... thought may be conveyed indirectly without the use of either cap- ital letter or quotation marks , as follows : Remember the maxim that honesty is the best policy . Seasons , Months , and Days of the Week . CAPITAL LETTERS . 15 Letter ...
... thought may be conveyed indirectly without the use of either cap- ital letter or quotation marks , as follows : Remember the maxim that honesty is the best policy . Seasons , Months , and Days of the Week . CAPITAL LETTERS . 15 Letter ...
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... thought best to omit , as being in a measure foreign to the purpose of giving practical help in the use of good English . The words of our language are divided according to their use into classes called parts of speech . These classes ...
... thought best to omit , as being in a measure foreign to the purpose of giving practical help in the use of good English . The words of our language are divided according to their use into classes called parts of speech . These classes ...
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... thought of , whether perceptible to the senses or not . For instance , the senses give us no perception of time , cause , space , and other intuitive ideas , or of spirit , soul , or the mind itself , but we know that all these things ...
... thought of , whether perceptible to the senses or not . For instance , the senses give us no perception of time , cause , space , and other intuitive ideas , or of spirit , soul , or the mind itself , but we know that all these things ...
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... thought to be conveyed by the sen- tence in which it is used . A collective noun conveying the idea of unity is in the singular number ; as , " The army has left nothing in its track but a ruined country ; " " The committee has read its ...
... thought to be conveyed by the sen- tence in which it is used . A collective noun conveying the idea of unity is in the singular number ; as , " The army has left nothing in its track but a ruined country ; " " The committee has read its ...
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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