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... elastic general principles . Consciously or not , these principles , I believe , are observed by thoroughly effective writers . Of course , nothing but long and patient practice can make any . 2 ENGLISH COMPOSITION .
... elastic general principles . Consciously or not , these principles , I believe , are observed by thoroughly effective writers . Of course , nothing but long and patient practice can make any . 2 ENGLISH COMPOSITION .
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... practice . I may best begin , I think , by stating these principles as briefly and as generally as I can . Then I shall try to show how they apply to the more important spe- cific cases that present themselves to writers . Each case , I ...
... practice . I may best begin , I think , by stating these principles as briefly and as generally as I can . Then I shall try to show how they apply to the more important spe- cific cases that present themselves to writers . Each case , I ...
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... practice of a number of cen- turies and languages agrees that in the compound letter qu , the u has no open vowel ... practice on which those who use the letters are tacitly agreed ; in the other - - - we are not . Common consent ...
... practice of a number of cen- turies and languages agrees that in the compound letter qu , the u has no open vowel ... practice on which those who use the letters are tacitly agreed ; in the other - - - we are not . Common consent ...
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... practice . The question in a given instance is not what ought to be the case , but what is . And to the state of things which enables us to decide in spelling , as in other fashions , what the case is at any given moment , we give , for ...
... practice . The question in a given instance is not what ought to be the case , but what is . And to the state of things which enables us to decide in spelling , as in other fashions , what the case is at any given moment , we give , for ...
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... practice , the common consent , the good use , of those who use them has agreed that they shall stand for . Perhaps the simplest way of realizing how all lan- guage is originally formed is just to recall how we We meet for the first ...
... practice , the common consent , the good use , of those who use them has agreed that they shall stand for . Perhaps the simplest way of realizing how all lan- guage is originally formed is just to recall how we We meet for the first ...
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English Composition: Eight Lectures Given at the Lowell Institute Barrett Wendell Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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