The Principles of RhetoricAmerican book Company, 1923 - 431 páginas |
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... never used except as a part of the phrase , " or to idiomatic ex- pressions because , “ when analyzed grammatically , they include a solecism , " the fastidiousness , in short , that would sacrifice to the proprieties of language ...
... never used except as a part of the phrase , " or to idiomatic ex- pressions because , “ when analyzed grammatically , they include a solecism , " the fastidiousness , in short , that would sacrifice to the proprieties of language ...
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... never so good , would God , whether or no , either at the end of a negative sentence , as in " I can't go , either . ” Still another idiom , which is objected to in England , it is said , but which is universal in the United States ...
... never so good , would God , whether or no , either at the end of a negative sentence , as in " I can't go , either . ” Still another idiom , which is objected to in England , it is said , but which is universal in the United States ...
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... never hear it from those who speak very good English . But the word ' shirk as applied to military duty is a word which everybody uses ; which is the word , and the only word , for the thing ; which in every regiment and in every ship ...
... never hear it from those who speak very good English . But the word ' shirk as applied to military duty is a word which everybody uses ; which is the word , and the only word , for the thing ; which in every regiment and in every ship ...
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... never succeeded in bringing any considerable body of evidence to support their view . They usually rely on a few hackneyed expressions which are no doubt peculiar to America , or on words and phrases which , so far from being in good ...
... never succeeded in bringing any considerable body of evidence to support their view . They usually rely on a few hackneyed expressions which are no doubt peculiar to America , or on words and phrases which , so far from being in good ...
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... never be carried beyond the limits prescribed by good use , limits fixed by necessity or by general convenience . Even within these limits , the introduction of a foreign word is attended with serious drawbacks . Time - sometimes more ...
... never be carried beyond the limits prescribed by good use , limits fixed by necessity or by general convenience . Even within these limits , the introduction of a foreign word is attended with serious drawbacks . Time - sometimes more ...
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