Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 pages |
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... correctly every Question in the book . Much of the information furnished in the Key , though unsuitable for junior pupils , may be of some interest and service to their teachers . The matter contained in these pages has but slight ...
... correctly every Question in the book . Much of the information furnished in the Key , though unsuitable for junior pupils , may be of some interest and service to their teachers . The matter contained in these pages has but slight ...
Page 15
... 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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... Ger Now it is clear that there m way of writing and s with the correct w is part of the br savage knows nothi missionary does not the missionary may c All 1. ո- as the natives know it , and may state a The Divisions of Grammar ·
... Ger Now it is clear that there m way of writing and s with the correct w is part of the br savage knows nothi missionary does not the missionary may c All 1. ո- as the natives know it , and may state a The Divisions of Grammar ·
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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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