Connectives of English Speech: The Correct Usage of Prepositions, Conjunctions, Relative Pronouns and Adverbs Explained and IllustratedFunk & Wagnalls Company, 1904 - 324 pages |
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... solitary sandpipers . . . appear to have a special fondness for stagnant pools in and about the woods . B. H. WARREN Birds of Pennsylvania , Sandpiper p . 90 . 3. In motion around ; moving so as to encircle about 14 PREPOSITIONS.
... solitary sandpipers . . . appear to have a special fondness for stagnant pools in and about the woods . B. H. WARREN Birds of Pennsylvania , Sandpiper p . 90 . 3. In motion around ; moving so as to encircle about 14 PREPOSITIONS.
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... motion around ; moving so as to encircle or pass around ; as , the movement of the earth about the sun . The slingers went about it , and smote it . We count for poets . . . all Who wind the robes of ideality About the bareness of their ...
... motion around ; moving so as to encircle or pass around ; as , the movement of the earth about the sun . The slingers went about it , and smote it . We count for poets . . . all Who wind the robes of ideality About the bareness of their ...
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... motion across , while above may simply imply greater elevation . If we say , the mountain towers above the plain , we think only of its height ; but if we say , the mountain towers over the plain , we think of the plain as in the shadow ...
... motion across , while above may simply imply greater elevation . If we say , the mountain towers above the plain , we think only of its height ; but if we say , the mountain towers over the plain , we think of the plain as in the shadow ...
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... motion , as walk , run , march , look , reach , flit , pass , passage , flight , glance , etc. , are commonly followed by across . Distinctions Across - along - over - through : Across signifies so as to cross , and indicates a ...
... motion , as walk , run , march , look , reach , flit , pass , passage , flight , glance , etc. , are commonly followed by across . Distinctions Across - along - over - through : Across signifies so as to cross , and indicates a ...
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... , now , against the wall , so as to get a good purchase , and pushing , . . the trunk , with much difficulty , was slid out . POE Tales , Von Kempelen in first series , p . 107 ... 2. Of motion , into contact or collision with ; 3 ( 33 )
... , now , against the wall , so as to get a good purchase , and pushing , . . the trunk , with much difficulty , was slid out . POE Tales , Von Kempelen in first series , p . 107 ... 2. Of motion , into contact or collision with ; 3 ( 33 )
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A. P. STANLEY Adjectives adverb amid Anglo-Saxon antecedent beneath Brutus Cæsar CARLYLE clause Compare connection CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS Defined and Illustrated derived direction Distinctions EMERSON English Grammar vol equivalent Essays expression fact force friends GEORGE ELIOT hath Henry Hist idea implied infinitive interrogative J. R. SEELEY JEAN INGELOW John Julius Cæsar king language lect LONGFELLOW LOWELL MACAULAY England vol MAETZNER English Grammar meaning Merchant of Venice Middlemarch midst MILTON Paradise Lost motion N. P. WILLIS never night NOTE.-In noun object omitted Paradise Lost bk participle person place or space R. H. DANA reason reference relative pronoun SCOTT Lady sense sentence Sermons SHAKESPEARE SHAKESPEARE Merry Wives ship side soul speak speech Standard Dictionary Tempest act TENNYSON thee things thou thought tion unto usage various relations Venice act verb whence whither WHITTIER Windsor act words WORDSWORTH
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