American literature -- Humor; American wit and humor
ONE ALPHABETICAL ORDER throughout its entire vocabulary, an immense
time-saving feature,--no divided pages, supplemental vocabularies, etc.
THE COMMON MEANING OF EVERY WORD is given in its first definition and
the obsolete meaning last as it should be.
KEY-WORDS TO THE CONTENTS of every two facing pages greatly aid
consultation.
TWO KEYS TO PRONUNCIATION are placed at the top of every page.
COMMON ERRORS OF SPEECH are systematically corrected.
A SYSTEMATIC METHOD OF COMPOUNDING words reduces compounding to a
science.
RULES GOVERNING THE PLURALS of nouns and their formation are a great
help.
GRAMMATICAL AND RHETORICAL CONSTRUCTION are aided by the special rules
which the New Standard explains.
THE SYLLABIC DIVISION OF WORDS is shown by the simplest possible system.
SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS are given in such numbers as are nowhere else
found.
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English Synonyms,
Antonyms, and
Prepositions
_NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION_
_Companion Volume to the Author's Book "Connectives of
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By JAMES C. FERNALD, L.H.D.
Over 8,100 classified synonyms with their various shades of meaning
carefully discriminated, this being an exclusive feature of this work.
Nearly 4,000 classified antonyms. Correct use of prepositions shown by
illustrative examples. Hints and helps on the accurate use of words,
revealing surprizing possibilities of fulness, freedom, and variety of
utterance.
"This book will do more to secure rhetorical perspicuity,
propriety, and precision of expression than any other text-book of
higher English yet produced."--_President Cochran_, Brooklyn
Polytechnic Institute.
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