Over 1000 Mistakes Corrected: Live and Learn: a Guide for All, who Wish to Speak and Write CorrectlyGarrett, 1856 - 213 Seiten |
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... accent , the hyphen is not used ; as , Master builder . 2. When two nouns are in opposition , and each is separately applicable to the person or thing desig- nated , the hyphen is not used ; as The Lord Chan- cellor , who is both a Lord ...
... accent , the hyphen is not used ; as , Master builder . 2. When two nouns are in opposition , and each is separately applicable to the person or thing desig- nated , the hyphen is not used ; as The Lord Chan- cellor , who is both a Lord ...
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... accent , will mean a house made of glass , a man made of tin , a mould made of iron , a merchant , who is a negro ; but a glass - house , a tin - man , an iron - mould , a negro- merchant , taken as compound nouns , with the accent on ...
... accent , will mean a house made of glass , a man made of tin , a mould made of iron , a merchant , who is a negro ; but a glass - house , a tin - man , an iron - mould , a negro- merchant , taken as compound nouns , with the accent on ...
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... accent is not on the last syllable , the consonant is not doubled , on assuming an additional syllable ; as , boil , boiling ; visit , visitor . Respecting words ending in 7 and p , which are not accented on the last syllable , usage is ...
... accent is not on the last syllable , the consonant is not doubled , on assuming an additional syllable ; as , boil , boiling ; visit , visitor . Respecting words ending in 7 and p , which are not accented on the last syllable , usage is ...
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... accent on the last syllable , double the final consonant , on assuming ing or ed ; as , Defer , deferring , deferred ; Acquit , acquitting , acquitted . Verbs of more than one syllable ending in a single consonant , preceded by a single ...
... accent on the last syllable , double the final consonant , on assuming ing or ed ; as , Defer , deferring , deferred ; Acquit , acquitting , acquitted . Verbs of more than one syllable ending in a single consonant , preceded by a single ...
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... accent falls on the second syllable -- as , " An historical piece ; " " An hereditary government ; " " An harmonious whole 42 MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS . Miscellaneous Observations on Points that occasion difficulty to the Student.
... accent falls on the second syllable -- as , " An historical piece ; " " An hereditary government ; " " An harmonious whole 42 MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS . Miscellaneous Observations on Points that occasion difficulty to the Student.
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
adjective adverb American slavery applied argument authority Bible brethren brother called Christ Christian church comma common compound concubinage consonant denote Diaeresis distinct Ellipsis employed English equal error evil Examples:-"The express form the plural gender give grammar heaven hold property human Hyperbaton hyphen imperfect tense implied IRREGULAR VERBS kind laid language leave letter master means ment mind mistake moral Mussulmen neuter never say nominative North noun nounce objective perfect participle perpetuated person or thing phrase place the accent polygamy possessive preceded preposition present principles pronounce propriety question reason regard relation rhyme rule sense sentence servants silent e singular slaveholders slaves solecism sometimes sound South southern speak syllable tence tense thee thou tion tive transitive verb truth usage verb verbal noun vowel words ending writing written wrong
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 125 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt ; thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
Seite 119 - Night, sable goddess ! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.
Seite 21 - Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon and hears no sound Save his own dashings...
Seite 126 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen ; But, seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Seite 127 - Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ! Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair ! That death should settle in thy glorious eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair ! How could he mark thee for the silent tomb ! My proud boy, Absalom...
Seite 126 - And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Seite 111 - The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
Seite 125 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, < And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Seite 111 - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!
Seite 3 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.