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Definition of Solecisms
1. solecism [n] - See also: solecism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Solecisms
Literary usage of Solecisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Composition and Rhetoric by William M. Tanner (1922)
"solecisms. An ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence is called a ...
solecisms include words and expressions that violate either idiom or the ..."
2. Exercises in Rhetoric and English Composition by George Rice Carpenter (1897)
"SENTENCES: solecisms. Good use, we found, keeps us from making up new words,
unless such words are absolutely necessary, or from using words with strange ..."
3. The Principles of Rhetoric by Adams Sherman Hill (1895)
"solecisms. As compared with highly inflected languages, English undergoes few
grammatical changes of form. Its syntax is easily mastered, and for that very ..."
4. Studies of a Biographer by Leslie Stephen (1902)
"... bristle with misprints and grammatical solecisms; he mangled quotations so
strangely that it is difficult to explain how he contrived to do it, and, ..."
5. The Essentials of English Composition by James Weber Linn (1913)
"solecisms.—Violations of grammar are called solecisms. The principal violations
may be considered for convenience under five heads. ..."
6. Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford (1835)
"solecisms in dancing. THE mules galloped back at so rapid a rate, and their
conductors bawled and screamed so lustily to encourage their exertions, ..."
7. The Essentials of English Composition by James Weber Linn (1916)
"solecisms.—Violations of grammar are called solecisms, The principal violations
may be considered for convenience under five heads. ..."
8. The Elements of Rhetoric and Composition by Ashley Horace Thorndike (1905)
"CHAPTER XXV solecisms A solecism is a mistake in grammar. If a writer makes
grammatical mistakes, you at once conclude that he does not know his business. ..."
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