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Brewer's: Letters expletive, and marks on letters.
In French there are two letters expletive —l and t. The former, called `l ephelcystic,' is placed before on if the preceding word ends with a vowel, as si-l-on. The latter is called “t…Common Usage Dilemmas: Mixed Metaphors: A Dollar Late and a Day Short
Mixed Metaphors: A Dollar Late and a Day ShortCommon Usage DilemmasIntroductionDangling Modifiers: CounterintelligenceMisplaced Modifiers: Lost and FoundMixed Metaphors: A Dollar Late and a Day…Brewer's: Bow
(to rhyme with flow ). (Anglo-Saxon, boga; verb, bogan or bugan, to arch.) Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed. Have everything ready before you begin. He has a famous bow up at…Brewer's: Critic
A judge; an arbiter. (Greek, krino, to judge.) Critic. A captious, malignant critic is called a Zoïlus (q. v.) “ `And what of this new book the whole world makes such a rout about?' `Oh,…Brewer's: Marks in Grammar and Printing
Printers' marks on the first page of a sheet are called Signatures. (See Letters At Foot Of Page.) Serifs are the strokes which finish off Roman letters, top and bottom. A, B, C, are “…What to Look for When Revising
 When editing, make sure to pay careful attention to: Substance | Structure | Interest | Proofreading Substance Substance refers to the content of…Brewer's: Whistle
(noun). Champion of the whistle. The person who can hold out longest in a drinking bout. A Dane, in the train of Anne of Denmark, had an ebony whistle…Brewer's: Bird
An endearing name for girl. And by my word, your bonnie bird In danger shall not tarry; So, though the waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry. Campbell: Lord Ullin's Daughter…Brewer's: Lie
(Anglo-Saxon, lige, a falsehood.) Father of lies. Satan (John viii. 44). The greatest lie. The four P's (a Palmer, a Pardoner, a Poticary, and a Pedlar) disputed as to which could tell…Brewer's: End
(Ang.-Sax, ende, verb endian.) At my wits' end. At a standstill how to proceed farther; at a non-plus. He is no end of a fellow. A capital chap; a most agreeable companion; an A 1 [A one…Trending
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