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... clear straightforward speech becomes laboured complicated writing . A great viceroy said " I am not clear about the causes of the frontier trouble . " But he wrote , " With regard to the origin of the circumstances which have eventuated ...
... clear straightforward speech becomes laboured complicated writing . A great viceroy said " I am not clear about the causes of the frontier trouble . " But he wrote , " With regard to the origin of the circumstances which have eventuated ...
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... clear audition . Many a beautiful old church , many a noble hall , is marred by bad acoustics . The orator who tries ... Clearly We may , therefore , hope for pardon though we do dwell upon the matter . " Her voice was ever soft , gentle ...
... clear audition . Many a beautiful old church , many a noble hall , is marred by bad acoustics . The orator who tries ... Clearly We may , therefore , hope for pardon though we do dwell upon the matter . " Her voice was ever soft , gentle ...
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... clear song " ? And when does morning break in Hades ? Is the interjected " at morn " only to eke out the verse ? Thought Clear , Diction Distorted The clearness we are considering at the moment , you will note , is clearness of thought ...
... clear song " ? And when does morning break in Hades ? Is the interjected " at morn " only to eke out the verse ? Thought Clear , Diction Distorted The clearness we are considering at the moment , you will note , is clearness of thought ...
Contents
THE PURPOSE OF IT | 1 |
NEED FOR REVISION | 13 |
THE PURPOSE OF LANGUAGE | 25 |
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accent Accounts adjective admirable adverb Arica B.Sc beauty become better Book-keeping Cacafuego Cæsar comma commas mark Commercial connexion consider contrast correct delight Dictionary Doctor Johnson effective English English language examination expression fact French give gold grammar hear hearers honour idea idiom instance intended interpret J. H. BURTON JAMES STEPHENSON Julius Cæsar King labour lady language Latin lines LL.B look Lord M.Com matter meaning metaphor mind modern natural Nervii never noun participle passage passive perhaps periodic sentence phrase Pitman's Pitman's Shorthand plural preposition present pronoun prose purpose question quotation reader reason Revised rule sails sense Shakespeare singular slang sound speak speaker speech spelling statement stop subjunctive mood suggest sweet syllables talk tell thee thing thou thought tion verb vocabulary voice vowel wish words writing