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... Sometimes mis- spelled contractural ( Bernstein , Copperud ) . controversial . “ . . . we have changed the meaning ... sometimes object to its use by others . cope . Until recently , cope was invariably used with with and an object in ...
... Sometimes mis- spelled contractural ( Bernstein , Copperud ) . controversial . “ . . . we have changed the meaning ... sometimes object to its use by others . cope . Until recently , cope was invariably used with with and an object in ...
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... sometimes supposed , an error for resin ; rosin is a distilled solid form of resin used to make the bows of string instru- ments tacky , among other pur- poses ( Copperud , Evans , Fowler , Random House , Web- ster ) . resistance .
... sometimes supposed , an error for resin ; rosin is a distilled solid form of resin used to make the bows of string instru- ments tacky , among other pur- poses ( Copperud , Evans , Fowler , Random House , Web- ster ) . resistance .
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... sometime in Random House and Webster substantiate this view ) . The same distinction applies to someday , some day . sometimes . For misuse of the hyphen with sometimes , see AL- MOST . someway . Considered stand- ard by Random House ...
... sometime in Random House and Webster substantiate this view ) . The same distinction applies to someday , some day . sometimes . For misuse of the hyphen with sometimes , see AL- MOST . someway . Considered stand- ard by Random House ...
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acceptable adjective adverb ambiguous Ameri applied Bern Bernstein and Copperud Bernstein and Evans Bernstein and Fowler Britain British cites cized clause cliché colloquial comma concur confused consensus considered standard construction contexts Copperud and Evans correct current dictionaries DANGLING MODIFIERS described diction dictionaries give disapproves displaces distinction English euphemism Evans and Flesch Evans and Fowler Evans points Evans says example expression favors Flesch and Fowler Flesch says Follett Fowler agree Fowler point Fowler says H. W. Fowler Heritage point House and Webster hyphen ican Heritage idiom indicate itage journalese lett lished means ment misspelled misused modifiers newspaper noun object participle perud phrase plural preferable preposition pretentious pronoun Random House gives redundant regarded sense sentence sidered singular sion Sir Ernest Gowers slang sometimes spelling Standard College stein ster synonym term tion tionaries tive usually verb Webster consider Webster gives Webster recognize word writing