Using the King's English: Some Guidance to Practice |
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... feel that " damsel with a dulcimer " is the exact expres- sion wanted . Any alternative- " a girl with a guitar , " a maiden with a mandolin , " " a female with a fiddle , " " a woman with a whistle " -would be distasteful . In the ...
... feel that " damsel with a dulcimer " is the exact expres- sion wanted . Any alternative- " a girl with a guitar , " a maiden with a mandolin , " " a female with a fiddle , " " a woman with a whistle " -would be distasteful . In the ...
Page 130
... feel that " damsel with a dulcimer " is the exact expres- sion wanted . Any alternative- " a girl with a guitar , " " a maiden with a mandolin , " " a female with a fiddle , " " a woman with a whistle " -would be distasteful . In the ...
... feel that " damsel with a dulcimer " is the exact expres- sion wanted . Any alternative- " a girl with a guitar , " " a maiden with a mandolin , " " a female with a fiddle , " " a woman with a whistle " -would be distasteful . In the ...
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... feel no contradiction . Some of you may rejoice in such a string of alliterations as in this list of old Burton's . " Beauty passes , " he says . Yes : " Tyrant time turns Venus to a Fury . One grows too fat , another too lean ; modest ...
... feel no contradiction . Some of you may rejoice in such a string of alliterations as in this list of old Burton's . " Beauty passes , " he says . Yes : " Tyrant time turns Venus to a Fury . One grows too fat , another too lean ; modest ...
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