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... wish to express certainty or compulsion or obligation in the second and third person . Then he uses shall and should . " Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself " ; " Sit down and all shall happen as you wish " ; " He shall come ...
... wish to express certainty or compulsion or obligation in the second and third person . Then he uses shall and should . " Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself " ; " Sit down and all shall happen as you wish " ; " He shall come ...
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... wish it to be equivalent to " Has Hammond scored another century ? " You write " Hammond has scored another cen- tury ! " The use of the exclamation mark signifies that you wish that the statement shall be read as an expression of ...
... wish it to be equivalent to " Has Hammond scored another century ? " You write " Hammond has scored another cen- tury ! " The use of the exclamation mark signifies that you wish that the statement shall be read as an expression of ...
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... wish it to be equivalent to " Has Hammond scored another century ? " You write " Hammond has scored another cen- tury ! " The use of the exclamation mark signifies that you wish that the statement shall be read as an expression of ...
... wish it to be equivalent to " Has Hammond scored another century ? " You write " Hammond has scored another cen- tury ! " The use of the exclamation mark signifies that you wish that the statement shall be read as an expression of ...
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