An ABC of English UsageClarendon Press, 1959 - 192 Seiten |
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... commas : ' God is wise and righteous and faithful . ' Such words as moreover , however , & c . , are usually followed by a comma when used at the opening of a sentence , or preceded and followed by a comma when used in the middle of a ...
... commas : ' God is wise and righteous and faithful . ' Such words as moreover , however , & c . , are usually followed by a comma when used at the opening of a sentence , or preceded and followed by a comma when used in the middle of a ...
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... commas should not be there . ) The following sentences are given as miscellaneous examples of careless or faulty use of commas . They come from the work of literary men- novelists , reviewers , and the like . In one or two of the ...
... commas should not be there . ) The following sentences are given as miscellaneous examples of careless or faulty use of commas . They come from the work of literary men- novelists , reviewers , and the like . In one or two of the ...
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... commas , as 1934 ; nor should there be commas in figures denoting pagination , or numbering of verse , or in mathematical workings , even though there may be more than three figures . ' numbers , weights , and measures . There is a ...
... commas , as 1934 ; nor should there be commas in figures denoting pagination , or numbering of verse , or in mathematical workings , even though there may be more than three figures . ' numbers , weights , and measures . There is a ...
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accusative adjectival adjective clause adjective phrase adverb clause adverb phrase apposition archaic auxiliary become BLANK VERSE called colloquial common complement compound confusion conjunction connexion CONSONANTS construction correct dative definite derived distinction double doubt ellipsis English especially etymological examples expressed following sentences French genitive gerund grammatical Greek I-MUTATION iambic pentameter idiom idiomatic indirect speech infinitive inflexion intransitive intransitive verbs introducing inverted commas language Latin letter lines malapropism meaning metaphorical Mod.E modern modify negative nominative normal Note noun clause noun or pronoun object onomatopoeia original parenthesis past participle past tense periphrasis person plural poem predicate prefer prefix preposition present participle qualifying question quoted relative pronoun rhyme rhythm rule sense sentences illustrate Shakespeare simple singular sometimes sonnet spelling spelt split infinitive stands stanza stress subjunctive syllable syllepsis syntax terza rima thing thou tive usage usually verse vowel weak verbs word writing