The Knowledge of EnglishH. Holt, 1927 - 572 Seiten |
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... expression . Everybody reads nowadays , and almost everybody writes , or tries to write . The number of prospective shortstory writers in America today is probably larger than the number of prospective politicians . The students who ...
... expression . Everybody reads nowadays , and almost everybody writes , or tries to write . The number of prospective shortstory writers in America today is probably larger than the number of prospective politicians . The students who ...
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... expression . The purpose of this book being to call attention specially to underlying principles , this purpose ... expressing what one has to say . The person who knows clearly what he wants to say and why he wants to say it will not ...
... expression . The purpose of this book being to call attention specially to underlying principles , this purpose ... expressing what one has to say . The person who knows clearly what he wants to say and why he wants to say it will not ...
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... occasion regarded as a linguistic moment . In fact when a purchaser asks for a street - car ticket , he is almost unaware of having used language . So close is the harmony between the thought and its expression that NATURE AND NURTURE 11.
... occasion regarded as a linguistic moment . In fact when a purchaser asks for a street - car ticket , he is almost unaware of having used language . So close is the harmony between the thought and its expression that NATURE AND NURTURE 11.
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... expression that the question of expression is never raised . Again the harmony between the thought and its expression will be so close that the two seem to be one . When this degree of skill and uncon- sciousness is attained , if it ...
... expression that the question of expression is never raised . Again the harmony between the thought and its expression will be so close that the two seem to be one . When this degree of skill and uncon- sciousness is attained , if it ...
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... expression in which one buys a ticket with distinction and elegance . In short the point which this discussion has endeavored to enforce is that no expres- sion in language is merely a necessary counterpart to an experience in the world ...
... expression in which one buys a ticket with distinction and elegance . In short the point which this discussion has endeavored to enforce is that no expres- sion in language is merely a necessary counterpart to an experience in the world ...
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