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... ( singular also species ) , theses ( singular , thesis ) , bases ( singular , basis ) , opera ( singular opus ) are Latin plurals ; ellipses ( ellipsis ) , analyses ( analysis ) , phenomena ( phenomenon ) , are Greek plurals ; we ...
... ( singular also species ) , theses ( singular , thesis ) , bases ( singular , basis ) , opera ( singular opus ) are Latin plurals ; ellipses ( ellipsis ) , analyses ( analysis ) , phenomena ( phenomenon ) , are Greek plurals ; we ...
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... singular , having as its plural armies , the singular verb is logically correct . But now look at these two sentences of Matthew Arnold's . They come from his Essays in Criticism- In our race are thousands of readers , presently there ...
... singular , having as its plural armies , the singular verb is logically correct . But now look at these two sentences of Matthew Arnold's . They come from his Essays in Criticism- In our race are thousands of readers , presently there ...
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... singular sits ; and its possessive pronoun the plural “ their , " not the singular " its . " That is to say , we are by the very form of the sentence transported from the impersonal " committee " to the ladies of which it consists ...
... singular sits ; and its possessive pronoun the plural “ their , " not the singular " its . " That is to say , we are by the very form of the sentence transported from the impersonal " committee " to the ladies of which it consists ...
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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