The Knowledge of EnglishH. Holt, 1927 - 572 Seiten |
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... examples . In this respect it has seemed that moderation was desirable in order not to distract attention too much from the real purpose of the book , which has been , if the repetition be permitted , to call attention to general ...
... examples . In this respect it has seemed that moderation was desirable in order not to distract attention too much from the real purpose of the book , which has been , if the repetition be permitted , to call attention to general ...
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... example , in carrying on the affairs of daily living . This is in fact the kind of knowledge for which every person finds the most frequent use . We all of us need English to buy street - car tickets , to conduct business , and to ...
... example , in carrying on the affairs of daily living . This is in fact the kind of knowledge for which every person finds the most frequent use . We all of us need English to buy street - car tickets , to conduct business , and to ...
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... example , writing in 1828 , in the introduction to his American Dic- tionary , comments very seriously on the opinion of Dr. Alexander Murray , professor of Oriental languages in the University of Edinburgh , who maintained in his ...
... example , writing in 1828 , in the introduction to his American Dic- tionary , comments very seriously on the opinion of Dr. Alexander Murray , professor of Oriental languages in the University of Edinburgh , who maintained in his ...
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... example , of classic Latin seems remark- ably simple and orderly . But one must remember that the usual descriptive Latin grammar is based upon a comparatively few texts , Cæsar , Horace , Vergil , and a few others , and that these ...
... example , of classic Latin seems remark- ably simple and orderly . But one must remember that the usual descriptive Latin grammar is based upon a comparatively few texts , Cæsar , Horace , Vergil , and a few others , and that these ...
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... example , colloquial speech employs forms which custom everywhere sanctions as proper to the tone of conversation . Thus one does not say I am leaving town tomorrow , though one might write this . What one says is I'm leaving town ...
... example , colloquial speech employs forms which custom everywhere sanctions as proper to the tone of conversation . Thus one does not say I am leaving town tomorrow , though one might write this . What one says is I'm leaving town ...
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