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COMMON ERRORS OF SPEECH are systematically corrected.
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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 English Speech"
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.
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