Found inside – Page 386... combinations of our classical English , and the as numerous idiomatic forms of our Saxon vernacular , these principles ... and ultimate analysis , to complex sentences , which , while they may be , in brevity , the very “ soul of wit , ” embracing ... Found inside – Page 386... combinations of our classical English , and the as numerous idiomatic forms of our Saxon vernacular , these principles ... and ultimate analysis , to complex sentences , which , while they may be , in brevity , the very " soul of wit , ” embracing ... Found inside – Page 56In the following two examples verbs are made from nouns : Julius Caesar ... scene iv ) ' Brevity is the soul of wit ' ( Act II , scene ii ) ' I must be ... Found inside – Page 172X. phrase , expression , set phrase ; sentence , paragraph ; figure of speech & c . ... Adj . expressed & c . v . ; idiomatic . ... 8 . diffuseness & c . adj .; brevity , ' the soul of wit , ' ness & c . adj .; amplification & c . v .; dilaconism ; Tacitus ; ellipsis ... Found inside – Page 252Based on the Most Approved Systems, with Copious Examples from Some of the Most Correct Welsh Writers Thomas Rowland. prynu ... Translate into a proverb-like form, " xaxov xogaxo? xaxoi we," "brevity is the soul of wit," "quot homines tot sentential," " the greater the difficulty, the greater the glory." " Early to bed ... What is peculiar in the Welsh usage of tenses, as compared with the English idiom ? 2. Found inside – Page 386... combinations of our classical English , and the as numerous idiomatic forms of our Saxon vernacular , these principles ... and ultimate analysis , to complex sentences , which , while they may be , in brevity , the very " soul of wit , " embracing ... Found inside – Page 24We have it on high authority that “ Brevity is the soul of wit . " One can ... This error is seen in various aspects : — Firstly , in neglect of true English idiom and usage-- the offence termed “ solecism . ... A sentence may be perfectly correct in grammar , and yet may grate and jar like the “ scannel pipes " to which Milton refers . Found inside – Page 101Note the dramatic irony of Polonius's ' Brevity is the soul of wit ' – which has to be translated ' straight ' , though it is perhaps a ... Since there is no linguistic or cultural barrier here , I think the translated German expression usefully supplements the English stock of idioms . ... ( but with all too few translation examples ) comprising discussions with the drama translators Jeremy Sams and Ranjit Bolt and the ... Found inside – Page 17How is brevity ' the soul of wit ? What is ' adaptation ' in executive communication ? ... What is an idiom ? 13. How can we achieve coherence and unity in ... Found inside – Page 41... ( b ) familiar quotations – Brevity is the soul of wit ( c ) ' first - base ' idioms associated with a national game like baseball ... ( idioms : phrasal verbs , tournures , irreversible binomials ) and sentence - length expressions ( discourse - structuring ... Found inside – Page 65You will never lose sight of his track singing or reciting soul - stirring poetry , not only the matter from the rubbish and the messes he leaves behind him . but the manner and the idiom of the author whose sentences The thus making work is ever apt to keep ... Some of our ablest , most intelli . recollect that as “ brevity is the soul of wit , " so strength gent gardeners can look back to the time , when , as they ... Found insideGiven that idioms are not a uniform group, it is important for the purpose of both research and teaching to classify them ... Brevity is the soul of wit). Found inside – Page 113due merely to a better study of English idiom . He was ... When brevity was the soul of wit , the points of wit often became so pregnant that “ significant darkness ” or “ strong lines ” were the result . ... He remarks that whole letters or pages may be divided or combined at pleasure ; " every period , every sentence almost , is ... Found inside – Page 12Brevity is called the soul of wit . The more economic you are with your words ... Be idiomatic , simple and straight forward as much as possible . Found inside – Page 57BOTH THE LAST ( 57 ) BREVITY faithful to the accepted usage of the senses , breadth of mind ( never width of literate . mind ) ... But as the abstract noun correlatter , the more idiomatic . sponding to broad , ' coarse , indelicate ' , bounden . ... as also reference to spiritual , ecclesiastical , or is the word , phrase or sentence within the professional relationship ... SL . vinculum Since brevity is the soul of wit . Found insideMiss Jane's folk idiom boils things down to their essence, an invaluable tool in Gaines's ... and we all know the old saw that “brevity is the soul of wit. Found inside – Page 9... she used them: Shakespearean examples include dozens of idioms such as to the manner born and proverbial expressions such as brevity is the soul of wit, ... Found inside – Page 127... class in Grammar to parse “ soul ” in the sentence , “ Brevity is the soul of wit , " as in the " objective case and governed ... shall connect a noun or pronoun to as a some other word , ” and all the teachers present STUDIES IN ENGLISH IDIOM ... Found inside – Page 285Although Misg Sanborn has given only one summer's work to this collection of the Wit of Women , she has formed here quite a storehouse ... examples commended by the Japanese author . ... to another appears in much of the conversation among the eharacters of the story ; and some of their idiomatic phrases in regard ... Miss Sanborn , in her introduction to this work ( an introduction which , probably , she makes purposely brief , remembering that " brevity is the soul of wit ' ' ) , says ... Found inside – Page 172N. phrase , expression , set phrase ; sentence , paragraph ; figure of speech & c . ... Adj . expressed & c . v . ; idiomatic . ... N , diffuse pess & c . adj .; brevity , ' the soul of wit , ' ness & c . adj .; amplification & c . v .; dilaconism ; Tacitus ; ellipsis ... Found inside – Page 172K. phrase, expression, set phrase; sentence, paragraph ; figure of speech &c. ... v. ; idiomatic. Adv. in -round, - set, - good set- terms ; in set phrases. 568. Solecism. — nr. solecism ; bad -, false -, faulty- grammar ; slip of ... xr. conciseness &c. adj. ; brevity, ' the soul of wit,' laconism ; Tacitus ; ellipsis ; syncope ; abridgment &c. Found inside – Page 3the sentence is very simple and appears to be clear , the term ' Court ' employed in this ' sentence is ámbi . guous . We do not ... BREVITY Brevity is the soul of wit . ... Avoid unnecessary phrases , unwanted idioms and meaningless words . Found inside – Page 192Even Polonius was a Senecan in theory when he ob served that ' brevity is the soul of wit , and in practice when he recognized Hamlet ' s ... But the ad mirable knitting of his sentences was not due merely to a better study of English idiom . Found inside – Page 65You will never lose sight of his track singing or reciting soul - stirring poetry , not only the matter from the rubbish and the messes he leaves behind him . but the manner and the idiom of the author whose sentences The thus making work is ever apt to keep ... Some of our ablest , most intelli- recollect that as brevity is the soul of wit , ” so strength gent gardeners can look back to the time , when , as they and ... Found insideHere only the second part of the sentence endures in the expression “ Every dog has his day . ... Quite clearly it does ( I : v : 189 ) , “ Brevity is the soul of wit " not modify sky , and it surely is not an ad( II.1.90 ) . verb ( not because dictionaries do not list By far the largest number of contribu it as such , but because it does not function tions to everyday , idiomatic speech comes as such ) . The lack of a hyphen ... Found insideThis list shows many of Shakespeare's phrases and sentences which – often after ... I.iv.15) brevity is the soul of wit (Hamlet, II.ii.90) 'twas caviare to ... Found inside – Page 72... and time ; Therefore , since brevity is the soul of wit , And tediousness ... be in Claudius's courtly idiom , with the same periodic sentences and the ... Found inside – Page 52WHAT TO COLLECT Collect any saying in English , in the form of a proverb or idiomatic phrase , which is expressive of wisdom or descriptive as a ... Examples : ( 1 ) Folk proverbs appearing as complete sentences . ... Brevity is the soul of wit . Found inside – Page 66... combinations of our classical English , and the as numerous idiomatic forms of our Saxon vernacular , these principles ... and ultimate analysis , to complex sentences , which , while they may be , in brevity , the very " soul of wit , ” embracing ... Found inside – Page 80Brevity, Shakespeare said, is the soul of wit. It is also the forte of effective sentences. But too many short sentences in an ad copy may sound monotonous ... Found inside – Page 211 Brevity : Brevity is the soul of wit . ... Avoid unnecessary phrases , unwanted idioms and meaningless words . ... Compare the following two sentences : ( 1 ) The Chief Professor , Professors , Associate Professors , Assistant Professors ... Found inside – Page 66... combinations of our classical English , and the as numerous idiomatic forms of our Saxon vernacular , these principles ... and ultimate analysis , to complex sentences , which , while they may be , in brevity , the very “ soul of wit , ” embracing ... Found inside... "In his then situation," which, if brevity be really the soul of wit, ... We not unfrequently hear a superfluous for tacked to a sentence; thus, ... Found inside – Page 172N. phrase , expression , set phrase ; sentence , paragraph ; figure of speech & c . ... Adj . expressed & c . v . ; idiomatic . ... N , diffuseness & c . adj .; brevity , the soul of wit , ' ness & c . adj .; amplification & c . v . ; dilaconism ; Tacitus ; ellipsis ... Found inside – Page 386... combinations of our classical English , and the as numerous idiomatic forms of our Saxon vernacular , these principles ... and ultimate analysis , to complex sentences , which , while they may be , in brevity , the very " soul of wit , ” embracing ... Found inside – Page 207Johnson says , “ In his then situation , " which , if brevity be really the soul of wit , certainly has much more soul in it than “ In the situation he then occupied . ... We not unfrequently hear a superfluous for tacked to a sentence ; thus , “ You will find that he knows more ... This phrase , applied in a restrictive sense , is the modern substitute for the ancient idiom they that , an idiom in accordance with the true ... Found inside – Page 185... words base and forged , strange idioms contrary to the genius of our language , and whole sentences expressed in a ... and sound logic , -these are the essentials of good composition ; and let it not be forgotten that brevity is the soul of wit . Found inside – Page 42... die Durchführung des in der ersten Hälfte Begonnenen and at the same time produce a whole which reads like idiomatic so wichtig ist . ... Guinea is offered for the best and either the metaphor must be abandoned or the sentence remodelled : specimen of handwriting . ... brièveté avec justesse dans le discours . but the prize - winners will be required to send real name for Brevity is the soul of wit ” of the ... Found inside – Page 68die Zitate und Geflügelten Worte ( Brevity is the soul of wit . ) , die Gebote und Maximen ( Thou shalt not steal . ) und die Losungen ( Workers of the ... Found inside – Page 252Based on the Most Approved Systems, with Copious Examples from Some of the Most Correct Welsh Writers Thomas ... Translate into a proverb - like form , “ XOXOU xogaxos xarov wov , " “ brevity is the soul of wit , ” “ quot homines tot ... What is peculiar in the Welsh usage of tenses , as compared with the English idiom ? 2. Found inside – Page 16SAYINGS " Brevity is the soul of wit . ... from foreign languages into idiomatic proverb“ Το count chickens before they are English . ... furnish our citizenry should be rich sources appear as a proverb in sentence form : for this kind of saying . Found inside – Page 42Brevity is the soul of wit " of the prize version , is very tempting , but the French is not a proverli , and brevity ” is hardly acie , uate . Beiter : " teiseness is half way to elegance of style . ” In the last sentence , “ instruccannot pass ; " intellectual ... Found inside – Page 114... still denied that this epic owed its profound meaning of the Shaksperian saw , that “ brevity is the soul of wit ; " oriģin to the Cambrians ... Gervinus , and Wilmar , superfluous word weeded out , but the structure of the sentence is framed concurred in this opinion with the ... propensities ; it was I who , Albion had a national idiom and a national popular poetry . anxiously watching the growing development ... Found inside – Page 177Brevity is the soul of wit. More matter with less art. Alexander the Great; gives rise to the take-off form I am X-ing with the help of too many Z-s where X ... Found inside – Page 36What to Avoid If brevity is the soul of wit , these are amusing : Avoid “ very , ” “ quite , ” and “ rather . ... Stamp out " however , " " yet , " " moreover , ” and “ but ” when the context of the sentence conveys the same meaning , which is virtually every ... 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