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... similar words , phrases , and clauses ; i . e . they connect similar parts of speech , similar grammatical elements , and similar simple sentences . They never connect dissimilar ele- ments , and never connect a subordinate to an ...
... similar words , phrases , and clauses ; i . e . they connect similar parts of speech , similar grammatical elements , and similar simple sentences . They never connect dissimilar ele- ments , and never connect a subordinate to an ...
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... , or words of a similar nature , are understood ; as , The four greatest names in English poetry , are almost the first that we come to - Chaucer , Spenser , Shakspeare and Milton . RULE VII . A dash is inserted between a title.
... , or words of a similar nature , are understood ; as , The four greatest names in English poetry , are almost the first that we come to - Chaucer , Spenser , Shakspeare and Milton . RULE VII . A dash is inserted between a title.
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... similar mistake is made in the use of the rela- tive and interrogative pronouns who and whom . " Who did you give it to ? " " Who is this for ? " are solecisms of constant occurrence . Our language gives us the liberty - and it is a ...
... similar mistake is made in the use of the rela- tive and interrogative pronouns who and whom . " Who did you give it to ? " " Who is this for ? " are solecisms of constant occurrence . Our language gives us the liberty - and it is a ...
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... so on . Now , in these , and all similar expressions , so is a corresponding adverb , requiring the con- junctions , as or that , to follow it ; and it implies that there is another clause to the sentence , commencing with.
... so on . Now , in these , and all similar expressions , so is a corresponding adverb , requiring the con- junctions , as or that , to follow it ; and it implies that there is another clause to the sentence , commencing with.
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... similar words referring to future time . In the sentence , " I commanded him to have done it , " the absurdity is detected at a glance . But it is no more absurd to command an action to be done in time already past , than it is to ...
... similar words referring to future time . In the sentence , " I commanded him to have done it , " the absurdity is detected at a glance . But it is no more absurd to command an action to be done in time already past , than it is to ...
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accent adjective adverb applies authority beauty begin called capitals clause closely combined comma commence common complete compound conjunction connected consists construction containing correct dash denote direct divided double doubt element English equally errors exceptions expect expressions fact finite verb followed future give grammatical hear implies indicated indicative mood infinitive laid language letters limit live looks manner mark meaning mind mistake modify mood names nature never nominative noun objective objective element omitted ORTHOGRAPHY participle past performed person phrase placed plural preceded predicate preposition present principal pronounced pronunciation proper PUNCTUATION quantity quotation reference Remark RULE seems sense separated short similar simple sentence sometimes sound speech subordinate supplied syllable tense term thing third Thou tion usually vowel words writing written
Popular passages
Page 24 - And does not Fame speak of me too ? Was there ever a bolder captain of a more valiant band ? Was there ever — but I scorn to boast.
Page 36 - A Word to the Wise, or HINTS ON THE CURRENT IMPROPRIETIES OF EXPRESSION IN WRITING AND SPEAKING. By PARRY GWYNNE. Thirteenth Thousand. 18mo, price Gd. sewed ; or is. cloth, gilt edges. " All who wish to mind their p's and cfs should consult this little volume.
Page 25 - Newton, whose mind burst forth from the fetters cast by nature upon our finite conceptions; Newton, whose science was truth, and the foundation of whose knowledge of it was philosophy, — not those visionary and arrogant presumptions which too often usurp its name, — but philosophy resting upon the basis of mathematics, which, like figures, cannot lie; Newton...
Page 64 - There is scarcely any thing which more distinguishes a person of poor education from a person of a good one, than the pronunciation of the unaccented vowels. When vowels are under the accent, the best speakers and the lowest of the people, with very few exceptions, pronounce them in the same manner ; but the unaccented vowels in the mouths of the former, have a distinct, open and specific sound, while the latter often totally sink them, or change them into some other sound.
Page 18 - Philosophers assert, that Nature is unlimited in her operations ; that she has inexhaustible treasures in reserve ; that knowledge will always be progressive ; and that all future generations will continue to make discoveries, of which we have not the least idea.
Page 23 - Pride in some particular disguise or other (often a secret to the proud man himself) is the most ordinary spring of action among men.
Page 18 - To give an early preference to honour above gain when they stand in competition to despise every advantage which cannot be attained without dishonest arts to brook no meanness and to stoop to no dissimulation are the indications of a great mind the presages of future eminence and usefulness in life.
Page 18 - It reveals to us the loveliness of nature, brings back the freshness of youthful feeling, revives the relish of simple pleasures, keeps unquenched the enthusiasm which warmed the spring-time of our being, refines youthful love, strengthens our interest in human nature by vivid delineations of its tenderest and loftiest feelings...
Page 67 - A young man may talk recklessly of "lots of bargains," "lots of money," "lots of fellows," "lots of fun," &c. , but a lady may not. Men may indulge in any latitude of expression within the bounds of sense and decorum, but woman has a narrower range — even her mirth must be subjected to the rules of good taste. It may be naive, but must never be grotesque. It is not that we would have primness in the sex, but we would have refinement. Women are the purer and the more ornamental part of life, and...
Page 50 - Yahoo, to be construed as an objective, following the ancient rule that the verb to be takes the same case after it as before it?