My original intention was to give a list authors and books quoted in the present work. found
that the list would become too long. therefore to say that from the fifteenth century every …

§ 1. A not inconsiderable number of particles–in, on, by, down, over–presents itself in the two
functions of adverb and preposition. As is well known, the difference manifests itself in the …

Fijn van Draat. 34Q The article before superlatives. superlatives with and without the Definite
Article–a significant fact, seeing that the prose-writer with an ear attuned to melody and …

One thing, however, in this metamorphosed world has undergone no change: the old „humour”.
The men–and women, too, for that matter–now as before, affect whims and oddities, …

Dr. RADJA KEMPNER, Raleighs Staatstheoretische Schriften. Leipzig, Bernard Tauchnitz,
1928. Raleigh, like his contemporary Bacon, was one of those astounding in-tellects, that the …

THE RELATIVE THAT. There are few subjects on which grammatical Authorities-Poutsma2),
Sweet3), Onious4), Wendt5), Mason6)-are more in accordance than on 2) Poutsma, A …

AANKONDIGING VAN EIGEN WERK. P. FIJN VAN DRAAT, Terminology A Handbook for
Students of English. Utrecht, Kemink en Zoon NV, 1941. Gehoor gevend aan het verzoek der …

TO HIKE. Of late a new word has been trying to find its way into the language; a word like so
many others, brought over from America, and not to be found in any of our dictionaries. I …

Fijn van Draat. TO BELONG. In the course of my reading of late years I have come across a
few verbs used absolutely; verbs which are regularly construed with a certain prepo-sition, …

TO STARE. In the NED the meaning of the Verb to Stare is described thus:,, to gaze fixedly
with eyes wide open.... In modern use the verb,, ordinarily implies rudeness or is otherwise …