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... short sentence gives agreeable variety , is provided by the short crisp sentences of Froude in this breathless narrative of the chase after the treasure ship ! We have already considered a little of the passage . [ See page 10. ] Drake ...
... short sentence gives agreeable variety , is provided by the short crisp sentences of Froude in this breathless narrative of the chase after the treasure ship ! We have already considered a little of the passage . [ See page 10. ] Drake ...
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... short sentence gives agreeable variety , is provided by the short crisp sentences of Froude in this breathless narrative of the chase after the treasure ship ! We have already considered a little of the passage . [ See page 10. ] Drake ...
... short sentence gives agreeable variety , is provided by the short crisp sentences of Froude in this breathless narrative of the chase after the treasure ship ! We have already considered a little of the passage . [ See page 10. ] Drake ...
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... short vowel sound and accent on the first syllable : so with decadence ; vagary : the final syllables rhyming with wary ; abdomen long o and accent on the second syllable ; despicable accent on the first syllable with short vowels ...
... short vowel sound and accent on the first syllable : so with decadence ; vagary : the final syllables rhyming with wary ; abdomen long o and accent on the second syllable ; despicable accent on the first syllable with short vowels ...
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