The Principles of RhetoricAmerican book Company, 1923 - 431 páginas |
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... 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 use in America , are confined either to certain parts of the country or to certain classes ...
... 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 use in America , are confined either to certain parts of the country or to certain classes ...
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... usually preferable to unto , round to around . It will be noticed that in almost all the foregoing ex- amples the simpler expression is also the shorter . As a rule , the shorter of two expressions equally in good use should be chosen ...
... usually preferable to unto , round to around . It will be noticed that in almost all the foregoing ex- amples the simpler expression is also the shorter . As a rule , the shorter of two expressions equally in good use should be chosen ...
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... usually one of a numerous family ; but a foreign word often comes alone , and rarely brings with it all the words of the same origin Even if exposition should finally supplant exhibition , we should still be unable to say to expose ...
... usually one of a numerous family ; but a foreign word often comes alone , and rarely brings with it all the words of the same origin Even if exposition should finally supplant exhibition , we should still be unable to say to expose ...
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... usually die a natural death . For example : Up Salt River , Loco - foco , Copperhead , Barn - burner , Hunker , Soft- shell , Hard - shell , Adullamite , Dough - face , Short - hairs , Puseyite , Car- pet - bagger , Unionist ...
... usually die a natural death . For example : Up Salt River , Loco - foco , Copperhead , Barn - burner , Hunker , Soft- shell , Hard - shell , Adullamite , Dough - face , Short - hairs , Puseyite , Car- pet - bagger , Unionist ...
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... usually joined with the corresponding simple personal pronoun . In- Pronouns in self . stances of misuse are : ― " He told me amongst other interesting things , ' Doctor Welsh's death was the sorest loss ever came to the place , ' that ...
... usually joined with the corresponding simple personal pronoun . In- Pronouns in self . stances of misuse are : ― " He told me amongst other interesting things , ' Doctor Welsh's death was the sorest loss ever came to the place , ' that ...
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