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... sheets, a couple of blankets, and this and that ᮀ The repairman tightened some screws, fiddled with some bolts, and this and that and those andand them Rur and some other people; and other friends ... Use This Dictionaryof variation is similar to wild card terms Here are examples of the sets of limited sets of verbs be ahead of Tom get ahead of Tom keep ahead of Tom remain ahead of Tom stay ... Bertram in the McGraw-Hill publications, NTC’s Dictionaryof Proverbs and Clichés, NTC’s Dictionaryof Euphemisms, and NTC’s Dictionaryof Folksy, Regional, and Rural Sayings, as well as other McGraw-Hill...
... purpose of the story is to expose and satirize behaviors that hinder social reforms and the war effort The message is conveyed not through moralizing and explicit propaganda, but through the words and ... urban scene, making fun of the lack of morality in the polite society of high officials, university professors, and college students who maintain an exterior of propriety and intelligence underneath ... truthfully Born and raised in Hong Kong, he was familiar with the history and environment of the city, and the thoughts and customs of its residents, and tried to re-create them in his works For many...
... and SILICONE SPAT and SPATE TEMBLOR and TREMBLER TESTAMENT and TESTIMONY THAN [and THEN] TORTUOUS and TORTUROUS WENCH and WINCH WHEREFORE and WHEREOF WITHER and WRITHE WREAK and WRECK WREST and ... FORWARD FORTUITOUS [and FORTUNATE or FELICITOUS] FULSOME [and FULL] FUROR and FURY GANTLET and GAUNTLET HARDY and HEARTY HINDI and HINDU HISTORIC andHISTORICAL IMPLY and INFER INCIDENCE and INCIDENT ... ADAPT and ADOPT ADVICE and ADVISE ANECDOTE and ANTIDOTE APPRAISE and APPRISE CAREEN and CAREER CENSOR and CENSURE COCA and COCOA DESERT and DESSERT DISCOMFIT and DISCOMFORT DISINGENUOUS and INGENUOUS...
... tense of forbid is either forbade (pronounced for- BAD or for- BAYED) or forbad (pronounced for- BAD) When a problem with forbid arises, more often it is not in the verb itself (transitive) or its forms ... One speaks of “the prohibition of alcohol” but “the ban on alcohol Nouns related to forbid are forbid- 138 forceful and forcible ding and, a rare one, forbiddance A related adjective is forbidden, ... single member of a particular group, which can comprise people, things, or animals Often of follows, as in “every one of our 1,500” and “each and every one of our clients.” The ofand its object...
... singularity of kind of goes for class of, sort of, and type of See TYPE See also THEM and THOSE Improperly used with A or AN Another sourceof criticism is the intrusion of a or an in “That kind of a ... OUT and CHECK-OUT EVERY DAY and EVERYDAY EVERY ONE and EVERYONE HOLD INTO, LAY OFF and LAYOFF LOT NEVER MIND ON, (end) PICK UP and PICKUP ROUND UP and ROUNDUP RUN AWAY and RUNAWAY SET UP and ... acceptable form: “She likes that kind of plant.” / “This is my kind of meal.” / “It’s a rare kind of stone.” The same principle holds for class of, sort of, and type of “A gnu is a type of antelope.”...
... EVERY ONE and EVERYONE; Pronouns, 2C ONE IN EVERY See ONE OF, ONE OF ONE OF EVERY, ONE OUT OF, etc ONE OF THE, IF NOT THE, etc ONE OF THE WHO etc ONE OF EVERY, ONE OUT OF, etc “One of every ... is included in off The of intrudes often in conversations and at times in broadcasting and print A reporter on a TV network said, “Moving people into jobs and off of welfare demands that there ... unmentionables Two other expressions of a comparable, patronizing character are for the simple reason that” and “it stands to reason.” See REASON, OFF and “OFF OF. ” A talk show host objected to...
... Belgium”); and (c) introduces that dependent clause, serving as the subject of its verb (lives or comes) (See THAT and WHICH; WHO, THAT, and WHICH.) PROOF and EVIDENCE See EVIDENCE and PROOF PROOF OF ... to obtain information The two quotations above and the one following illustrate that type of question A column on an editorial page quotes an of cial on a goal of U.S foreign policy and says: “What’s ... raising the price of coal or of jeopardizing new trade.” Omit the second of; no preposition belongs there at all 303 See also ADVOCATE; FREE, 1; OFF and “OFF OF ; ON, 2; WHENCE and “FROM WHENCE”;...
... judgment of his peers or by the law of the land For the sake of God, andfor the bettering of our realm, andfor the more ready healing of the discord which has arisen between us and our ... quotation, or “quotes” to mean quotations or quotation marks, is part of the jargon of editors, reporters, and writers The jargon includes “unquote,” often used by speakers in lieu of end of quotation ... for someplace peaceful and nice and affordable to be preserved from greed and speculation ? Correction: for some place that is peaceful and nice and affordable” or for some peaceful and...
... aid and comfort and full faith and credit Other common legal twins include aid and abet, cease and desist, free and clear, save and except, sole and exclusive, terms and conditions, and true and ... furious, fear and trembling, first and foremost, free and easy, hale and hearty, hem and haw, hook or crook, hue and cry, kith and kin, leaps and bounds, lo and behold, might and main, nerve and fiber, ... nook and cranny, pillar to post, pomp and circumstance, pure and simple, rack and ruin, rags and tatters, rant and rave, really and truly, right and proper, safe and sound, so on and so forth,...
... The Oxford Dictionaryof English Grammar, Sylvia Chalker and Edmund Weiner, Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1994 The Oxford Dictionaryof Modern Slang, John Ayto and John Simpson, Oxford and ... Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, vol., Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1971 The Concise Oxford Dictionaryof Current English, 6th ed., J B Sykes, Oxford, England: Clarendon ... EVER and WHOEVER See (-)EVER WHOEVER and WHOMEVER See WHO and WHOM, WHOM See WHO and WHOM WHOSE For people and things WHOSE and WHO’S For people and things Whose is the possessive form of both...
... tense of forbid is either forbade (pronounced for- BAD or for- BAYED) or forbad (pronounced for- BAD) When a problem with forbid arises, more often it is not in the verb itself (transitive) or its forms ... One speaks of “the prohibition of alcohol” but “the ban on alcohol Nouns related to forbid are forbid- 138 forceful and forcible ding and, a rare one, forbiddance A related adjective is forbidden, ... single member of a particular group, which can comprise people, things, or animals Often of follows, as in “every one of our 1,500” and “each and every one of our clients.” The ofand its object...
... three comes ahead of ten Stating the new date avoids confusion FORWARD and FOREWORD See FOREWORD and FORWARD FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS See WHO and WHOM, FOUNDATION, FUNDAMENTAL, and FUNDAMENT All ... punishment of thieves and then of soldiers It consisted of two rows of men facing one another and holding such objects as sticks and knotted cords The offender was stripped to the waist and forced ... etc.) is seen also as 11⁄2 miles and a mile and a half A mixture of word and figure, “one and 1/2,” is not standard Either half of the land or one-half of the land (population, weight, etc.) is...
... singularity of kind of goes for class of, sort of, and type of See TYPE See also THEM and THOSE Improperly used with A or AN Another sourceof criticism is the intrusion of a or an in “That kind of a ... OUT and CHECK-OUT EVERY DAY and EVERYDAY EVERY ONE and EVERYONE HOLD INTO, LAY OFF and LAYOFF LOT NEVER MIND ON, (end) PICK UP and PICKUP ROUND UP and ROUNDUP RUN AWAY and RUNAWAY SET UP and ... acceptable form: “She likes that kind of plant.” / “This is my kind of meal.” / “It’s a rare kind of stone.” The same principle holds for class of, sort of, and type of “A gnu is a type of antelope.”...
... EVERY ONE and EVERYONE; Pronouns, 2C ONE IN EVERY See ONE OF, ONE OF ONE OF EVERY, ONE OUT OF, etc ONE OF THE, IF NOT THE, etc ONE OF THE WHO etc ONE OF EVERY, ONE OUT OF, etc “One of every ... is included in off The of intrudes often in conversations and at times in broadcasting and print A reporter on a TV network said, “Moving people into jobs and off of welfare demands that there ... unmentionables Two other expressions of a comparable, patronizing character are for the simple reason that” and “it stands to reason.” See REASON, OFF and “OFF OF. ” A talk show host objected to...