The Principles of RhetoricAmerican book Company, 1923 - 431 páginas |
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... less with a theorist's ideal English , but with the English of to - day . In the English of to - day , one word is not preferred to another because it is derived from this or from that source ; the present meaning of a word is not fixed ...
... less with a theorist's ideal English , but with the English of to - day . In the English of to - day , one word is not preferred to another because it is derived from this or from that source ; the present meaning of a word is not fixed ...
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... less general but not into good use , are the following : from the law , aforesaid or said , as , " the said man , " on the docket , entail ( involve ) , And now comes , at the beginning of a paragraph , I claim ( maintain ) ; from the ...
... less general but not into good use , are the following : from the law , aforesaid or said , as , " the said man , " on the docket , entail ( involve ) , And now comes , at the beginning of a paragraph , I claim ( maintain ) ; from the ...
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... less than by those of England . They fail to note the possibility that , with increasing facilities of inter- course between the two countries , " those little pictu- resque differences " of which Mr. Freeman speaks may become fewer and ...
... less than by those of England . They fail to note the possibility that , with increasing facilities of inter- course between the two countries , " those little pictu- resque differences " of which Mr. Freeman speaks may become fewer and ...
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... less good colloquial use in all parts of the country , have not yet received the sanction of the best speakers and writers . Such words cannot be regarded as in reputable use . Among common expressions not in reputable use are : hard ...
... less good colloquial use in all parts of the country , have not yet received the sanction of the best speakers and writers . Such words cannot be regarded as in reputable use . Among common expressions not in reputable use are : hard ...
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... less- is required for such a word to become familiar , and it may never quite throw off its foreign air . A native word , moreover , is usually one of a numerous family ; but a foreign word often comes alone , and rarely brings with it ...
... less- is required for such a word to become familiar , and it may never quite throw off its foreign air . A native word , moreover , is usually one of a numerous family ; but a foreign word often comes alone , and rarely brings with it ...
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