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OverviewPurchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: required; as, There is no other place so desirable as this. Drill. There is no other place like New York. There is no other place so beautiful as this. Nothing else ages like laziness. (Else takes the place of other.) Nothing else is so necessary as this. This is finer than any other house in the city. These are larger than any other grounds in town. This grass is greener than any other in the block. This is the finest house of all. This is the finest house in town. These grounds are larger than any other in the town. These grounds are the largest in the town. This boy is taller than any other boy in his class. This boy is the tallest in the school. This girl is prettier than any other in her class. This girl is the prettiest in the school. Note.?Such constructions as, This is finer than any I have ever seen, are defendable on the ground that the clause, I have ever seen excludes the thing compared from its class. Nice Distinctions in Meaning. Farther and Further. DRILL. He lives farther away than you do. (Distance.) I can walk farther than you without becoming tired. (Distance.) I shall g-o farther and say that you are incompetent to judge. (Farther, is used in a figurative sense.) How much farther he will go, I cannot say. (Figurative sense.) I have nothing further to say. (Additional.) Have you nothing further to say? (Additional. ) What further proof have you? (Additional.) I have no further proof. (Additional.) Apt, Likely, 'Liable. Specific Rule. Use apt, likely, and liable in their right sense. Apt implies natural tendency or fitness. Likely refers to a contingent event usually regarded as favorable. Liable refers to a contingent regarded as unfavorable. John is apt to catch cold o... Full Product DetailsAuthor: Josephine Turck BakerPublisher: Rarebooksclub.com Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com Dimensions: Width: 18.90cm , Height: 0.30cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 0.113kg ISBN: 9780217193313ISBN 10: 0217193315 Pages: 54 Publication Date: 01 July 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Unknown Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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