The Knowledge of EnglishH. Holt, 1927 - 572 Seiten |
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... mechanical implement which does its work exactly in the same way for one person as for another , but always it is besides a part of the living personality of the one who uses it . If this book is not a rhetoric , neither is PREFACE.
... mechanical implement which does its work exactly in the same way for one person as for another , but always it is besides a part of the living personality of the one who uses it . If this book is not a rhetoric , neither is PREFACE.
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... living , and any person who leads a normal life acquires in the process a not inconsiderable knowledge of the language . The pro- fessional ball pitcher , of whom we have spoken , and the unanalytic author , of whom there have been many ...
... living , and any person who leads a normal life acquires in the process a not inconsiderable knowledge of the language . The pro- fessional ball pitcher , of whom we have spoken , and the unanalytic author , of whom there have been many ...
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... 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 communicate with the thousand and one persons with ...
... 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 communicate with the thousand and one persons with ...
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... living , to dwell on this thought of the unintelligibility of language too long or too often would be disenchanting . The result to which reflection would lead one might well be that since language is the chief means of communication ...
... living , to dwell on this thought of the unintelligibility of language too long or too often would be disenchanting . The result to which reflection would lead one might well be that since language is the chief means of communication ...
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... living speech like English . If some general principle of development of this kind can be ascertained , it should be very helpful as establishing a firm standing place from which to view and to judge the shifting landscape of 29 THE ...
... living speech like English . If some general principle of development of this kind can be ascertained , it should be very helpful as establishing a firm standing place from which to view and to judge the shifting landscape of 29 THE ...
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