The Knowledge of EnglishH. Holt, 1927 - 572 Seiten |
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... speaker or writer who conceives that effective use of the language lies in the application of rules of composition mechanically acquired . For after all , language is never merely a tool , never merely a mechanical implement which does ...
... speaker or writer who conceives that effective use of the language lies in the application of rules of composition mechanically acquired . For after all , language is never merely a tool , never merely a mechanical implement which does ...
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... . He wants to know in what way he is sick and how he can become well . Like- wise in language , the speaker or writer who suddenly finds his forward progress obstructed by some unsolved difficulty of 6 NATURE AND NURTURE.
... . He wants to know in what way he is sick and how he can become well . Like- wise in language , the speaker or writer who suddenly finds his forward progress obstructed by some unsolved difficulty of 6 NATURE AND NURTURE.
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... speaker , writer , or scholar , whose knowledge of English covers an infinity of detail beyond the experience of those who are making their first crude beginnings in the use of the language . But does even the most expert person know ...
... speaker , writer , or scholar , whose knowledge of English covers an infinity of detail beyond the experience of those who are making their first crude beginnings in the use of the language . But does even the most expert person know ...
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... speaker lives in North America or South Africa , in Australia or Hawaii , in England , Scotland , or Ireland , if he speaks the pre- vailing cultivated language of the community in which he dwells , he will speak the English language ...
... speaker lives in North America or South Africa , in Australia or Hawaii , in England , Scotland , or Ireland , if he speaks the pre- vailing cultivated language of the community in which he dwells , he will speak the English language ...
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... speaker who is said to " talk with an accent . " From the point of view of the cultivated speech his language is so crude as to put him almost beyond the circle of the English - speaking peoples . These are some of the aspects of the ...
... speaker who is said to " talk with an accent . " From the point of view of the cultivated speech his language is so crude as to put him almost beyond the circle of the English - speaking peoples . These are some of the aspects of the ...
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