Learned Men's English: the Grammarians: A Series of Criticisms on the English of Dean Alford, Lindley Murray, and Other Writers on the Language |
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Page xi
... writing these criticisms I have not been actuated by any feeling of ill - will towards the Dean of Canterbury . I object not to the man , but to the man's language ; it is extremely faulty ; and since the faults of teachers , if ...
... writing these criticisms I have not been actuated by any feeling of ill - will towards the Dean of Canterbury . I object not to the man , but to the man's language ; it is extremely faulty ; and since the faults of teachers , if ...
Page xii
... written , is so hopelessly bad , that no alteration could obtain for it the praise of being a model for chasteness and elegance of expression . We read in it , of persons making " a precious mess of their work ! " and expletives , we ...
... written , is so hopelessly bad , that no alteration could obtain for it the praise of being a model for chasteness and elegance of expression . We read in it , of persons making " a precious mess of their work ! " and expletives , we ...
Page xiv
... written after four years more study , abounds with errors as gross as any that were found in the Dean's first essay . What does the reader think of there being , in a treatise on the Queen's English , such an error in grammar as the ...
... written after four years more study , abounds with errors as gross as any that were found in the Dean's first essay . What does the reader think of there being , in a treatise on the Queen's English , such an error in grammar as the ...
Page xv
... writing " which " , as Junius said of the character of Sir William Draper , " will pass without censure " only when it passes without observation . " LONDON , January , 1867 . THE VERY REV . HENRY ALFORD , D.D. , Dean PREFACE . XV.
... writing " which " , as Junius said of the character of Sir William Draper , " will pass without censure " only when it passes without observation . " LONDON , January , 1867 . THE VERY REV . HENRY ALFORD , D.D. , Dean PREFACE . XV.
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... writing Professors walking off with dictionaries 96 56 , 125 Solemn characters Expressing a woman Intellectual qualities of raiment " Sometimes the editors fall , from their ignorance " " The beaux painted their faces , as well as the ...
... writing Professors walking off with dictionaries 96 56 , 125 Solemn characters Expressing a woman Intellectual qualities of raiment " Sometimes the editors fall , from their ignorance " " The beaux painted their faces , as well as the ...
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