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... sense . In judging whether a given sentence be grammatical , ― authorized by good use , we may best inquire , first , whether it makes good sense , and if not , whether idiom sanctions it ; if neither , we may best avoid it as a Sole ...
... sense . In judging whether a given sentence be grammatical , ― authorized by good use , we may best inquire , first , whether it makes good sense , and if not , whether idiom sanctions it ; if neither , we may best avoid it as a Sole ...
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... sense in which I mean not to use the word ; in the second place , to emphasize the fact , which we shall find to be highly important , that in the present state of the English language hardly any word not unintelligibly technical can be ...
... sense in which I mean not to use the word ; in the second place , to emphasize the fact , which we shall find to be highly important , that in the present state of the English language hardly any word not unintelligibly technical can be ...
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... sense , sanctions . We are now in a position to answer the question we asked ourselves a little while ago . Why is it , we asked , that a certain number of apparently arbitrary black marks on white pages should convey to us all the ...
... sense , sanctions . We are now in a position to answer the question we asked ourselves a little while ago . Why is it , we asked , that a certain number of apparently arbitrary black marks on white pages should convey to us all the ...
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... sense would go very far to establish the usage . On the other hand , the fact that any number of newspaper reporters agree in usage does not make the usage reputable . The style of newspaper reporters is not without merit ; it is very ...
... sense would go very far to establish the usage . On the other hand , the fact that any number of newspaper reporters agree in usage does not make the usage reputable . The style of newspaper reporters is not without merit ; it is very ...
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... sense . So far , in order to emphasize at once the laxity and the tyranny of good use , I have been asking you to consider style as a series of letters so joined to- gether as to make words . And I hope that our con sideration of the ...
... sense . So far , in order to emphasize at once the laxity and the tyranny of good use , I have been asking you to consider style as a series of letters so joined to- gether as to make words . And I hope that our con sideration of the ...
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