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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... give life and sex to things inanimate , contributes greatly to the force and beauty of our language , and renders it , in this respect , superior to the po- lished languages of Greece and Rome . No fixed rule can be given to determine ...
... give life and sex to things inanimate , contributes greatly to the force and beauty of our language , and renders it , in this respect , superior to the po- lished languages of Greece and Rome . No fixed rule can be given to determine ...
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... Give , for- , mis- Gave Given Go , for- , under- Went Gone Grave , en- Graved Graved Grind Ground Ground Grow Grew Grown Have Had Had Hang * Hung Hung Hang , to take away life by hanging , is regular ; as , das departed , and went and ...
... Give , for- , mis- Gave Given Go , for- , under- Went Gone Grave , en- Graved Graved Grind Ground Ground Grow Grew Grown Have Had Had Hang * Hung Hung Hang , to take away life by hanging , is regular ; as , das departed , and went and ...
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... give more than a glance and a passing note of admira- tion to the beauty of the scene . ” 24. Relatives should be so placed as to prevent all ambiguity in regard to the words which they are intended to represent . The following sentence ...
... give more than a glance and a passing note of admira- tion to the beauty of the scene . ” 24. Relatives should be so placed as to prevent all ambiguity in regard to the words which they are intended to represent . The following sentence ...
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... gives it edge and power . " - Pope . Born but to die , and reasoning but to err . ” — Idem . 66 73. A noun , governing the possessive plural , should not be made plural , unless the sense require it . Thus say , " We have changed our ...
... gives it edge and power . " - Pope . Born but to die , and reasoning but to err . ” — Idem . 66 73. A noun , governing the possessive plural , should not be made plural , unless the sense require it . Thus say , " We have changed our ...
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... to the magnitude of mountains : I merely wish to give to them , since they will not take the trouble to search for themselves , one broad and general principle , unclogged by exceptions , to guide ERRORS , INACCURACIES , ETC. 81.
... to the magnitude of mountains : I merely wish to give to them , since they will not take the trouble to search for themselves , one broad and general principle , unclogged by exceptions , to guide ERRORS , INACCURACIES , ETC. 81.
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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.