Using the King's English: Some Guidance to Practice |
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... periodic and loose sentences . You compose a periodic sentence when the whole is so girt together that the sense is suspended till the end . Here is a periodic sentence : " It was at Rome , on the 10th October , 1764 , as I sat musing ...
... periodic and loose sentences . You compose a periodic sentence when the whole is so girt together that the sense is suspended till the end . Here is a periodic sentence : " It was at Rome , on the 10th October , 1764 , as I sat musing ...
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... periodic sentences into loose ones , their loose ones into periodic ones , and ask yourself whether anything has been lost or gained . Would this periodic sentence , for instance— He has , we are glad to say , avoided both these ...
... periodic sentences into loose ones , their loose ones into periodic ones , and ask yourself whether anything has been lost or gained . Would this periodic sentence , for instance— He has , we are glad to say , avoided both these ...
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... periodic and loose sentences . You compose a periodic sentence when the whole is so girt together that the sense is suspended till the end . Here is a periodic sentence : " It was at Rome , on the 10th October , 1764 , as I sat musing ...
... periodic and loose sentences . You compose a periodic sentence when the whole is so girt together that the sense is suspended till the end . Here is a periodic sentence : " It was at Rome , on the 10th October , 1764 , as I sat musing ...
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