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... voice , Vox Humana its leader writer prefers to call it- A recent extract from The Times of a hundred years ago contained a pleasant reminder that it is sometimes expedient to temper godliness with worldliness . A clergyman , wishing to ...
... voice , Vox Humana its leader writer prefers to call it- A recent extract from The Times of a hundred years ago contained a pleasant reminder that it is sometimes expedient to temper godliness with worldliness . A clergyman , wishing to ...
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... voice is one of the most precious natural gifts . It is quite possible to fall in love with a disembodied voice . Many of us know telephone voices which we delight in hearing . Wireless announcers could probably tell great stories of ...
... voice is one of the most precious natural gifts . It is quite possible to fall in love with a disembodied voice . Many of us know telephone voices which we delight in hearing . Wireless announcers could probably tell great stories of ...
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... voice into the passive , " The albatross was shot by me with my crossbow . " The active voice certainly makes a narrative more lively . For when we use the active voice we present to our hearers or readers a series of pictures in which ...
... voice into the passive , " The albatross was shot by me with my crossbow . " The active voice certainly makes a narrative more lively . For when we use the active voice we present to our hearers or readers a series of pictures in which ...
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