Learn Latin - Download Textkit's Latin grammar and reading. Latin Mottos, Latin Phrases, Latin Quotes and Latin Sayings. A bene placito - At one's pleasureA capite ad calcem - From head to heelA cappella - In church [style] - i.e. Vocal music onlyA contrario - From a contrary positionA cruce salus - From the cross comes salvationA Deo et Rege - From God and the KingA fortiori - With yet stronger reasonA fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi - A precipice in front, wolves behind (between a rock and a hard place)A mari usque ad mare - From sea to sea (Motto of Canada)A mensa et thoro - From board and bed (legal separation)A pedibus usque ad caput - From feet to headA posse ad esse - From possibility to actualityA posteriori - From what comes after.
Grammar and Spelling Tips. How to Speak and Write Correctly. Project Gutenberg's How to Speak and Write Correctly, by Joseph Devlin Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project Gutenberg file.
Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the header without written permission. Please read the "legal small print," and other information about the eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is important information about your specific rights and restrictions in how the file may be used. By JOSEPH DEVLIN, M.A. Edited by THEODORE WATERS Copyright, 1910, by THE CHRISTIAN HERALD NEW YORK CHAPTER I REQUIREMENTS OF SPEECH Vocabulary.
CHAPTER II ESSENTIALS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR Divisions of grammar. CHAPTER III THE SENTENCE Different kinds. CHAPTER IV FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Figures of speech. CHAPTER V PUNCTUATION Principal points. Or. Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus. Free access. Active and Passive Verbs. GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION EXERCISES. "Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power. " --Joan Didion "I never delighted much in contemplating commas and colons, or in spelling or measuring syllables; but now . . .if I attempt to look at these little objects, I find my imagination, in spite of all my exertions, roaming in the Milky Way, among the nebulae, those mighty orbs, and stupendous orbits of suns, planets, satellites, and comets, which compose the incomprehensible universe. . . " --John Adams (quoted in David McCullough, John Adams, p. 630) I am particularly indebted to current and former students for many of the ideas for sentences and other thoughts.
Practice Your Syntax You are about to embark on an adventure of learning. Parts of Speech Need Definition Appalled as I was one day, I understood the message from the student. Suppose you look at the following sentence: The employee presented a resume. Adjectives and adverbs are a little harder to understand. Are you ready to attack prepositions? Strunk, William, Jr. 1918. The Elements of Style.