English as Language: Backgrounds, Development, UsageCharlton Laird, Robert M. Gorrell Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961 - 279 Seiten |
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... written in the twentieth century . ( When he says that languages were written before they were spoken he must have been guilty only of a slip of the pen ; his whole discussion and the sentence in question presume the opposite . ) The ...
... written in the twentieth century . ( When he says that languages were written before they were spoken he must have been guilty only of a slip of the pen ; his whole discussion and the sentence in question presume the opposite . ) The ...
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... written with different letters , by different authors ; most of them are written two or three different ways , and some of them , fifteen or twenty . To this day , the orthography of some classes of words is not entirely settled ; and ...
... written with different letters , by different authors ; most of them are written two or three different ways , and some of them , fifteen or twenty . To this day , the orthography of some classes of words is not entirely settled ; and ...
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... written with s , defensive , extensive , offensive , pretension , recompensing . 13. In like manner , dispatch , which had , from time immemorial , been written with i , was changed into despatch , on the wonderful discovery , that the ...
... written with s , defensive , extensive , offensive , pretension , recompensing . 13. In like manner , dispatch , which had , from time immemorial , been written with i , was changed into despatch , on the wonderful discovery , that the ...
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A LANGUAGE MISCELLANY | 1 |
Subjects for Discussion | 6 |
LANGUAGE AS IT WORKS | 7 |
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