"Solecistic" Quotes from Famous Books
... Alexander[167] the grammarian, to refrain from fault-finding, and not in a reproachful way to chide those who uttered any barbarous or solecistic or strange-sounding expression; but dexterously to introduce the very expression which ought to have been used, and in the way of answer or giving confirmation, or joining in an inquiry about the thing itself, not about the word, or by some ... — The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - Rome • Various |