Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 pages |
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... asked , -What are these words for , if we never use them ? Vast numbers of them are words of what we call a technical character ; they belong to different arts and crafts and sciences , and are used by the men who follow those arts and ...
... asked , -What are these words for , if we never use them ? Vast numbers of them are words of what we call a technical character ; they belong to different arts and crafts and sciences , and are used by the men who follow those arts and ...
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... asked to mention a word which we have taken from an Indian or Chinese source should think of something peculiar to India or China , and examples will suggest themselves . Thus punkah or rupee may occur to him as Hindustani words ...
... asked to mention a word which we have taken from an Indian or Chinese source should think of something peculiar to India or China , and examples will suggest themselves . Thus punkah or rupee may occur to him as Hindustani words ...
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... the correct writing or spelling of words is called Orthography . We write , or spell , with letters , so orthography deals with the alphabet . W. E. G. 3 37. If we are asked , -Are Orthography and Orthoëpy THE DIVISIONS OF GRAMMAR . 33.
... the correct writing or spelling of words is called Orthography . We write , or spell , with letters , so orthography deals with the alphabet . W. E. G. 3 37. If we are asked , -Are Orthography and Orthoëpy THE DIVISIONS OF GRAMMAR . 33.
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With a Chapter on Essay Writing Alfred Slater West. 37. If we are asked , -Are Orthography and Orthoëpy essential or necessary parts of Grammar ? we may answer in this way : If a language is spoken but not written , as is the case with ...
With a Chapter on Essay Writing Alfred Slater West. 37. If we are asked , -Are Orthography and Orthoëpy essential or necessary parts of Grammar ? we may answer in this way : If a language is spoken but not written , as is the case with ...
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... asked ' Who gave you that book ? ' we may answer , ' Mother , ' which is a short way of saying ' Mother gave it me , ' or ' Mother did . ' But usually words occur in sentences , and then we can describe what is the relation in which ...
... asked ' Who gave you that book ? ' we may answer , ' Mother , ' which is a short way of saying ' Mother gave it me , ' or ' Mother did . ' But usually words occur in sentences , and then we can describe what is the relation in which ...
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