The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1901 - 304 pages |
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... correctly on the part of the people who furnish the estimates ; they arise from a difference of opinion as to what is to be reckoned as a word . Suppose we accept the lowest of the three totals mentioned above , and say that there are ...
... correctly on the part of the people who furnish the estimates ; they arise from a difference of opinion as to what is to be reckoned as a word . Suppose we accept the lowest of the three totals mentioned above , and say that there are ...
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... correct way of writing and speaking them is part of the business of Grammar . An African savage knows nothing of grammar , but he knows that the missionary does not speak his language properly . In time the missionary may come to know ...
... correct way of writing and speaking them is part of the business of Grammar . An African savage knows nothing of grammar , but he knows that the missionary does not speak his language properly . In time the missionary may come to know ...
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... correctly by mixing with educated persons and reading well - written books . What grammar does is this : it treats of the language generally , its sounds , letters and words ; it sup- plies us with a number of rules for the correct way ...
... correctly by mixing with educated persons and reading well - written books . What grammar does is this : it treats of the language generally , its sounds , letters and words ; it sup- plies us with a number of rules for the correct way ...
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... correct writer , and many of our masters of English style would have written better , if they had paid more ... correctly without a knowledge of it , we may fairly reply that a knowledge of grammar is of some use even as a safeguard ...
... correct writer , and many of our masters of English style would have written better , if they had paid more ... correctly without a knowledge of it , we may fairly reply that a knowledge of grammar is of some use even as a safeguard ...
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... correct pronunciation of words , and is called Orthoëpy . But under this head we shall treat of a good deal besides the right pronunciation of words . We shall inquire what is the total number of elementary sounds which our English ...
... correct pronunciation of words , and is called Orthoëpy . But under this head we shall treat of a good deal besides the right pronunciation of words . We shall inquire what is the total number of elementary sounds which our English ...
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