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... jargon , but I also had to have names for the characteristics of English I talk about . I've included a Glossary at the end of the book as an aid for readers , and defined there the labels I use in the text . Our will to change must be ...
... jargon , but I also had to have names for the characteristics of English I talk about . I've included a Glossary at the end of the book as an aid for readers , and defined there the labels I use in the text . Our will to change must be ...
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... jargons to the male canine habit of marking territory by urinating along its boundaries . Being a revolutionary may not be generally regarded as a prestige occupation , but political activity is assumed to be within the male ...
... jargons to the male canine habit of marking territory by urinating along its boundaries . Being a revolutionary may not be generally regarded as a prestige occupation , but political activity is assumed to be within the male ...
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... jargon and methodology . verb : Verbs describe actions , processes , states or conditions , and are traditionally classified as transitive or intransitive , whether they do or do not require an object , and regular or irregular ...
... jargon and methodology . verb : Verbs describe actions , processes , states or conditions , and are traditionally classified as transitive or intransitive , whether they do or do not require an object , and regular or irregular ...
Contents
The Glamour of Grammar | 1 |
Language Is a Woman | 16 |
self | 19 |
Copyright | |
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