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... agency asserts the universality of the experience . The syntactic structure in 9.1.b illustrates another way of omitting agency : a gerund , ordering . This assertion implies that only a u.s. president can order that war be escalated ...
... agency asserts the universality of the experience . The syntactic structure in 9.1.b illustrates another way of omitting agency : a gerund , ordering . This assertion implies that only a u.s. president can order that war be escalated ...
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... agency from descriptions to protect themselves even when the imputed agency appears to belong to someone else . For example , I invited a friend to dinner while an out - of - town guest was going to be visiting . It so happened that my ...
... agency from descriptions to protect themselves even when the imputed agency appears to belong to someone else . For example , I invited a friend to dinner while an out - of - town guest was going to be visiting . It so happened that my ...
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... agency explicit ; the statement also suggested that she " permitted , " " received , " " obtained , " and " performed " the rape . Her agency and , therefore , blameworthiness was strengthened by the sexual implication of have ...
... agency explicit ; the statement also suggested that she " permitted , " " received , " " obtained , " and " performed " the rape . Her agency and , therefore , blameworthiness was strengthened by the sexual implication of have ...
Contents
The Glamour of Grammar | 1 |
Language Is a Woman | 16 |
self | 19 |
Copyright | |
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