The Knowledge of EnglishH. Holt, 1927 - 572 Seiten |
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... Perhaps it is a purpose too ample for adequate realization . Such a realization would imply a complete psychology of the English language , a task which a bold professional psychologist might well hesitate to undertake , and one ...
... Perhaps it is a purpose too ample for adequate realization . Such a realization would imply a complete psychology of the English language , a task which a bold professional psychologist might well hesitate to undertake , and one ...
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... perhaps the author may be permitted in this connection to call attention to another work of his , A Comprehensive Guide to Good English ( Rand McNally and Company ) , in which some thousands of examples of debatable English speech have ...
... perhaps the author may be permitted in this connection to call attention to another work of his , A Comprehensive Guide to Good English ( Rand McNally and Company ) , in which some thousands of examples of debatable English speech have ...
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... perhaps with some qualifying word added to indicate a shade of local or social adaptation , but English is the only generic term that applies to all the various manifestations of the common speech of the English peoples . The English ...
... perhaps with some qualifying word added to indicate a shade of local or social adaptation , but English is the only generic term that applies to all the various manifestations of the common speech of the English peoples . The English ...
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... Perhaps some natives of Boston might look upon the speech of Chicago as a local dialect . But if one should set out to find that central home of the English speech which determines all variations from it as local dialects , where should ...
... Perhaps some natives of Boston might look upon the speech of Chicago as a local dialect . But if one should set out to find that central home of the English speech which determines all variations from it as local dialects , where should ...
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... be close kin to Italian and Spanish , to name only the main divisions of this related group . All these Romanic languages are derived from Latin , and in these languages we have perhaps the most manageable instance of 34 THE GOLDEN AGE.
... be close kin to Italian and Spanish , to name only the main divisions of this related group . All these Romanic languages are derived from Latin , and in these languages we have perhaps the most manageable instance of 34 THE GOLDEN AGE.
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