Which preposition to use with demerits
Its merits are manifold and do not require statement; but they have blinded us to the demerits of excessive organization.
" "Could we?" quivered Hallam, who, with few demerits against him, felt inclined to take a chance.
The chauffeur's sole demerit in the eyes of the others was his tremendous egotism.
Sometimes, when moved by the novel he was reading, he would discuss its merits and demerits with the two women who sat by him in the quiet of the dim drawing-room, their work on their knees, thinking of him.
About this time, the king had also the address to obtain a dispensation for the marriage of his third son, Geoffrey, with the heiress of Britany; a concession which, considering Henry's demerits towards the church, gave great scandal both to Becket, and to his zealous patron, the King of France.
Only this would I remind theethat none may be excluded from the Holy Catholic Church if he be not first excluded by his own demerits from Divine Grace.
" "We will not bandy his merits or his demerits between us.
, he now makes sensation a universal and essential property of matter (la pierre sent), declares the talk about the simplicity of the soul metaphysico-theological nonsense, calls the brain a self-playing instrument, ridicules self-esteem, shame, and repentance as the absurd folly of a being that imputes to itself merit or demerit for necessary actions, and recognizes no other immortality than that of posthumous fame.