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... Speaker , these are the reasonable demands of every intelligent Englishwoman and I am proud to nail them to my flag . So long as I can do without embarrassing the Government , I call upon the Front Bench , sir , loyally but firmly ...
... Speaker , these are the reasonable demands of every intelligent Englishwoman and I am proud to nail them to my flag . So long as I can do without embarrassing the Government , I call upon the Front Bench , sir , loyally but firmly ...
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... speaker probably had no clear ideas as he uttered these woolly words . But they were pompous terms of insult , and out they came . You will all have noted the plural verb have with the singular nominative corruption . On occasion , no ...
... speaker probably had no clear ideas as he uttered these woolly words . But they were pompous terms of insult , and out they came . You will all have noted the plural verb have with the singular nominative corruption . On occasion , no ...
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... speaker who , like myself , relies upon a few headings of notes has prepared less than the speaker who reads his speech , I am pretty certain that people who read their speeches do so because they have not mastered the subject - matter ...
... speaker who , like myself , relies upon a few headings of notes has prepared less than the speaker who reads his speech , I am pretty certain that people who read their speeches do so because they have not mastered the subject - matter ...
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