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... fact about which there is no hedging . What the adverb casts doubt on is whether the woman was assaulted . Someone has said that a woman was definitely raped , but someone , not necessarily the same speaker , has merely alleged that she ...
... fact about which there is no hedging . What the adverb casts doubt on is whether the woman was assaulted . Someone has said that a woman was definitely raped , but someone , not necessarily the same speaker , has merely alleged that she ...
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... fact that her conceptual framework differed from that of her classmates . Heterosexuals assume their sexuality , Lesbians and gays make the distinction because we think differently . What appears initially to be overspe- cification is ...
... fact that her conceptual framework differed from that of her classmates . Heterosexuals assume their sexuality , Lesbians and gays make the distinction because we think differently . What appears initially to be overspe- cification is ...
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... fact that a single form , you , serves as both the singular and plural of the second person nominative . 6 Albert C. Baugh credited Bishop Robert Lowth with stating the rule forbidding double negatives " that we are now bound by ...
... fact that a single form , you , serves as both the singular and plural of the second person nominative . 6 Albert C. Baugh credited Bishop Robert Lowth with stating the rule forbidding double negatives " that we are now bound by ...
Contents
The Glamour of Grammar | 1 |
Language Is a Woman | 16 |
self | 19 |
Copyright | |
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