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... doubt , use the full form . " Abbreviations will be used when there can be no doubt as to their meaning . The writer of an order , report , or message is responsible that any abbreviations he may use are such as will be understood by ...
... doubt , use the full form . " Abbreviations will be used when there can be no doubt as to their meaning . The writer of an order , report , or message is responsible that any abbreviations he may use are such as will be understood by ...
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... doubt " implies " I am quite sure " ; and the conjunction must be that : " I do not doubt that he has come . " Perhaps all that we can advance to justify idiom is that one feels it to be more English than its alternatives : we feel that ...
... doubt " implies " I am quite sure " ; and the conjunction must be that : " I do not doubt that he has come . " Perhaps all that we can advance to justify idiom is that one feels it to be more English than its alternatives : we feel that ...
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... doubt whether the purge was effected by Pride or on Pride . Nowadays the distinction between subjective and objective genitive is rarely marked ; though at times it might add to clearness to mark it . Shall we write " woman's college ...
... doubt whether the purge was effected by Pride or on Pride . Nowadays the distinction between subjective and objective genitive is rarely marked ; though at times it might add to clearness to mark it . Shall we write " woman's college ...
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THE PURPOSE OF IT | 1 |
NEED FOR REVISION | 13 |
THE PURPOSE OF LANGUAGE | 25 |
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