The Knowledge of EnglishH. Holt, 1927 - 572 Seiten |
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... meaning . In many States of the United States a knowledge of English is required before one can become a voter . Knowledge of this sort is variously interpreted as the ability to read the Constitution , to sign one's name , to write ten ...
... meaning . In many States of the United States a knowledge of English is required before one can become a voter . Knowledge of this sort is variously interpreted as the ability to read the Constitution , to sign one's name , to write ten ...
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... meaning . In the affairs of daily 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 ...
... meaning . In the affairs of daily 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 ...
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... meaning , not always easy of solution . What has caused uniformity in the English language ? What has prevented this uni- formity from becoming absolute ? Does a sound knowl- edge of our native speech encourage support of the principle ...
... meaning , not always easy of solution . What has caused uniformity in the English language ? What has prevented this uni- formity from becoming absolute ? Does a sound knowl- edge of our native speech encourage support of the principle ...
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... meaning of the term " Latin . " How many varieties or dialects of popular Latin were there ? It is an obvious and a sufficient answer to this question to say that there must have been many , probably as many dialects of popular Latin in ...
... meaning of the term " Latin . " How many varieties or dialects of popular Latin were there ? It is an obvious and a sufficient answer to this question to say that there must have been many , probably as many dialects of popular Latin in ...
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... meaning of motion , not of stationary position , as it may still have in certain Modern English constructions , as when a ship stands out to sea , or in the command Stand by to go about , or when one is bidden to stand from under a ...
... meaning of motion , not of stationary position , as it may still have in certain Modern English constructions , as when a ship stands out to sea , or in the command Stand by to go about , or when one is bidden to stand from under a ...
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accepted acquired adjective Anglo-Saxon appear authority become beginning called carried century character common completely concerned correctness cultivated definition determined dialect dictionary direct distinction elements English language example existence experience expression fact familiar feeling follow formal forms French gender Germanic give grammar habits human important indicated individual Indo-European inflectional intelligible interest kind knowledge Latin learned less limits linguistic literary literature living logical matter meaning merely mind Modern English nature never noun object observation origin past perhaps period person phrase plural poetry popular possessive possible practical present pronounced pronunciation prose question reason regarded regular relation remain respect result rules seems sense sentence simple social sounds speak speaker speech spelling structure student style term things thought tion traditional verb vocabulary vowel whole words writing