| Joss Bennathan - 2001 - 264 ページ
...geometry ie geography. contagious ie contiguous adjoining; orthodoxy ie orthography correct spelling. girls usually do; and likewise that she might reprehend...don't think there is a superstitious article in it. SIR ANTHONY MRS MALAPROP SIR ANTHONY MRS MALAPROP SIR ANTHONY Well, well, Mrs Malaprop, I will dispute... | |
| David Crystal - 2003 - 230 ページ
...would have her instructed in geometry, that she might know something of the contagious countries... and likewise that she might reprehend the true meaning of what she is saying, (contiguous, comprehend] The user of a malapropism has not fully understood a long word, but makes... | |
| Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 2006 - 278 ページ
...Sir Anthony, she should be mistress of orthodoxy, that she might not mis - spell, and mis - pronounce words so shamefully as girls usually do; and likewise...she might reprehend the true meaning of what she is saying.—This, Sir Anthony, is what I would have a woman know;—and I don't think there is a superstitious... | |
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