The Dean's English: A Criticism on the Dean of Canterbury's Essays on the Queen's EnglishHatchard and Company, 1865 - 180 pages |
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... , 127 " They may be correctly classified " , or " They may correctly be classified " 66 113 , 138 " We merely speak of numbers " , or " We speak of numbers merely " 14 AMBIGUITY . Dr. Campbell on constructive ambiguity Lord Kames on b 2.
... , 127 " They may be correctly classified " , or " They may correctly be classified " 66 113 , 138 " We merely speak of numbers " , or " We speak of numbers merely " 14 AMBIGUITY . Dr. Campbell on constructive ambiguity Lord Kames on b 2.
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... ambiguity Lord Kames on constructive ambiguity . PAGE 23 10 61 19 13 , 127 A back - wood planted with thoughts A cow that tossed about a street ยท A man losing his mother in the papers A paragraph of less than ten lines , yet so am ...
... ambiguity Lord Kames on constructive ambiguity . PAGE 23 10 61 19 13 , 127 A back - wood planted with thoughts A cow that tossed about a street ยท A man losing his mother in the papers A paragraph of less than ten lines , yet so am ...
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... Ambiguity ] . PERSPICUITY . What is perspicuity ? The most essential quality in all writings [ See also Ambiguity ] . PREPOSITIONS ... AMBIGUITY Dr Campbell on constructive ambiguity Lord Kames on constructive ambiguity PAGE 23 10.
... Ambiguity ] . PERSPICUITY . What is perspicuity ? The most essential quality in all writings [ See also Ambiguity ] . PREPOSITIONS ... AMBIGUITY Dr Campbell on constructive ambiguity Lord Kames on constructive ambiguity PAGE 23 10.
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... , in the language of Lord Kames , " Punctuation may re- move an ambiguity , but will never " produce that peculiar beauty which is 66 perceived when the sense comes out clearly and distinctly 110 THE DEAN'S ENGLISH . 10.
... , in the language of Lord Kames , " Punctuation may re- move an ambiguity , but will never " produce that peculiar beauty which is 66 perceived when the sense comes out clearly and distinctly 110 THE DEAN'S ENGLISH . 10.
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... ambiguity ; that is , the words are so disposed in point of order , as to render them really ambiguous , if , in that con- struction which the expression first sug- " gests , any meaning were exhibited . As " this is not the case , the ...
... ambiguity ; that is , the words are so disposed in point of order , as to render them really ambiguous , if , in that con- struction which the expression first sug- " gests , any meaning were exhibited . As " this is not the case , the ...
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