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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... less , bee - hive , rail - road . 4. The termination ed , though not always pro- nounced separately , is regarded in writing as a dis- tinct syllable ; as lov - ed , burn - ed . 5. Derivative and grammatical terminations should ...
... less , bee - hive , rail - road . 4. The termination ed , though not always pro- nounced separately , is regarded in writing as a dis- tinct syllable ; as lov - ed , burn - ed . 5. Derivative and grammatical terminations should ...
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... less liable to objection , as applied to the learned languages ; but with us it is plainly a solecism . Nouns of the masculine or feminine gender are frequently used in a general sense , including both sexes ; as , “ And with thee will ...
... less liable to objection , as applied to the learned languages ; but with us it is plainly a solecism . Nouns of the masculine or feminine gender are frequently used in a general sense , including both sexes ; as , “ And with thee will ...
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... less and least , whether the adjective be of one syllable or more than one ; as , bold , less bold , least bold . 5. There seems to be no good reason for joining an and other . An here excludes any other article : and analogy and ...
... less and least , whether the adjective be of one syllable or more than one ; as , bold , less bold , least bold . 5. There seems to be no good reason for joining an and other . An here excludes any other article : and analogy and ...
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... less for- mal , ] misemploy thee for thou , and often join it to the third person of the verb , instead of the second . Such expressions as " thee does , thee is , thee has , thee thinks , " & c . , are double solecisms ; they set all ...
... less for- mal , ] misemploy thee for thou , and often join it to the third person of the verb , instead of the second . Such expressions as " thee does , thee is , thee has , thee thinks , " & c . , are double solecisms ; they set all ...
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... . The same rule should be observed with automaton , arcanum , erra- tum , phenomenon , memorandum , and several others which are less frequently used , and which change the um or on into a , to form the ERRORS , INACCURACIES , ETC. 77.
... . The same rule should be observed with automaton , arcanum , erra- tum , phenomenon , memorandum , and several others which are less frequently used , and which change the um or on into a , to form the ERRORS , INACCURACIES , ETC. 77.
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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.