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... implied measure by which the relative position of the " standards " is or the basis of the unspecified judgment ; we have no idea how high the implied higher was . Change can be good , bad , or indifferent . Usually , how a specific ...
... implied measure by which the relative position of the " standards " is or the basis of the unspecified judgment ; we have no idea how high the implied higher was . Change can be good , bad , or indifferent . Usually , how a specific ...
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... implied claim that men haven't used force to subordinate women , then the context manipulates us to infer that women consent to male oppression . These syntactic manipulations coerce us to accept " consent " as the explana- tion for ...
... implied claim that men haven't used force to subordinate women , then the context manipulates us to infer that women consent to male oppression . These syntactic manipulations coerce us to accept " consent " as the explana- tion for ...
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... implied that some human rights are more justifiable than others and that the writer had some method of measuring these claims . How does one decide that a phrase like " human rights " has been uttered too many times ? How much is too ...
... implied that some human rights are more justifiable than others and that the writer had some method of measuring these claims . How does one decide that a phrase like " human rights " has been uttered too many times ? How much is too ...
Contents
The Glamour of Grammar | 1 |
Language Is a Woman | 16 |
self | 19 |
Copyright | |
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