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... words and phrases , ( 2 ) should employ these words and phrases in their English mean- ings , and ( 3 ) should combine them according to the English idiom . What , now , determines whether a given expression is English ? Evidently , the ...
... words and phrases , ( 2 ) should employ these words and phrases in their English mean- ings , and ( 3 ) should combine them according to the English idiom . What , now , determines whether a given expression is English ? Evidently , the ...
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... word . " 1 ousness . " There is , " says Landor , " a fastidiousness in the use of language that indicates an atrophy of mind . We must take words as the world presents them to us , Fastidi- without looking at the root . If we grubbed ...
... word . " 1 ousness . " There is , " says Landor , " a fastidiousness in the use of language that indicates an atrophy of mind . We must take words as the world presents them to us , Fastidi- without looking at the root . If we grubbed ...
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... words that compose them than there is for challenging a syllable in a word . A similar remark may be made about idioms , - modes of expression peculiar to the language , or to the group of languages , in which they occur . Idiomatic ...
... words that compose them than there is for challenging a syllable in a word . A similar remark may be made about idioms , - modes of expression peculiar to the language , or to the group of languages , in which they occur . Idiomatic ...
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... word by word , are easy to understand as phrases . As phrases , they are facts in language : - " Welcome , my lord : I ... words of a season , few of which survive the occasion that gives them birth , his work is likely to be as short ...
... word by word , are easy to understand as phrases . As phrases , they are facts in language : - " Welcome , my lord : I ... words of a season , few of which survive the occasion that gives them birth , his work is likely to be as short ...
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... word which had not appeared in any book written since 1688 , or which was to be found in the works of living authors only , should not be deemed in present use ; but in these days of change words go and come more rapidly . Old names ...
... word which had not appeared in any book written since 1688 , or which was to be found in the works of living authors only , should not be deemed in present use ; but in these days of change words go and come more rapidly . Old names ...
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