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... English are difficult to obtain . The basic attitude of the English toward the Americans is tinged by our ex - colonial status . This attitude is much more in awareness and therefore more likely to be expressed than the unspoken right ...
... English are difficult to obtain . The basic attitude of the English toward the Americans is tinged by our ex - colonial status . This attitude is much more in awareness and therefore more likely to be expressed than the unspoken right ...
Page 489
... English to be overheard is to intrude on others , a failure in manners and a sign of socially inferior be- havior . However , because of the way they modulate their voices the English in an American setting may sound and look conspira ...
... English to be overheard is to intrude on others , a failure in manners and a sign of socially inferior be- havior . However , because of the way they modulate their voices the English in an American setting may sound and look conspira ...
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... English ( inglés ) was the language I came to associate with gringos , rarely heard in the house . I learned my first words of English overhearing my parents speaking to strangers . At six years of age , I knew just enough words for my ...
... English ( inglés ) was the language I came to associate with gringos , rarely heard in the house . I learned my first words of English overhearing my parents speaking to strangers . At six years of age , I knew just enough words for my ...
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American ANALYZING THE ELEMENTS Annie Dillard appear audience Beatles begin birds called capital punishment causes clause comma course cowboy death penalty Effective Sentences ELEMENTS Grammar English example Explain eyes feel fifth sentence folklore football fourth sentence fried chicken grammatical function H. L. Mencken Harbrace 20a(2 Harbrace 33c human ideas John Lennon kind knew language last sentence lepers living look meaning Mencken migraine mother Negro never nonviolent resistance nuclear Nuclear Winter paragraph 9 person phrase play problem Punctuation and Mechanics purpose reader Reprinted by permission Santa Claus second sentence semicolon sentence of paragraph sound Spelling and Diction student SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING tarantula tell things third sentence tion Tollund University verb voice W. S. Merwin warts wasp WHOLE ESSAY words Write an essay Yoko