English as Language: Backgrounds, Development, UsageCharlton Laird, Robert M. Gorrell Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961 - 279 Seiten |
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... rules and general practice . Where are the rules of the language to be found ? In the language itself . Give an instance of a rule in the English language . If we speak of more things than one , we add an s or es to the name of the ...
... rules and general practice . Where are the rules of the language to be found ? In the language itself . Give an instance of a rule in the English language . If we speak of more things than one , we add an s or es to the name of the ...
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... rules thought up by and imposed by some invisible godlike creature . " Yet the text itself consists of a set of prescriptions in the spirit of the eighteenth century grammarians and having the effect if not the form of the old rules ...
... rules thought up by and imposed by some invisible godlike creature . " Yet the text itself consists of a set of prescriptions in the spirit of the eighteenth century grammarians and having the effect if not the form of the old rules ...
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... rule of Latin grammar . Many languages of different types violate this so - called incon- trovertible law . The authority that the rules have derived from deductive logic has never been equal to the support given them by the belief that ...
... rule of Latin grammar . Many languages of different types violate this so - called incon- trovertible law . The authority that the rules have derived from deductive logic has never been equal to the support given them by the belief that ...
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A LANGUAGE MISCELLANY | 1 |
Subjects for Discussion | 6 |
LANGUAGE AS IT WORKS | 7 |
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