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... object . What we want is to be the agents who initiate and carry through our own actions in our own universe of discourse , neither the subjects nor objects of PUD . By understanding ourselves as agents , we reposition ourselves with ...
... object . What we want is to be the agents who initiate and carry through our own actions in our own universe of discourse , neither the subjects nor objects of PUD . By understanding ourselves as agents , we reposition ourselves with ...
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... objects " or " items " understood . ) The transference of the concept of ' potential ' from the human agent ( or perceiver ) to the objects themselves was explicit in Baker's paraphrase : the objects are able [ to be collected ] . If I ...
... objects " or " items " understood . ) The transference of the concept of ' potential ' from the human agent ( or perceiver ) to the objects themselves was explicit in Baker's paraphrase : the objects are able [ to be collected ] . If I ...
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... objects , and indirect objects in sentences . number ( singular , plural ) : In many languages , number is the grammatical indication of a distinc- tion between one and more than one object belonging to a class . English and other Indo ...
... objects , and indirect objects in sentences . number ( singular , plural ) : In many languages , number is the grammatical indication of a distinc- tion between one and more than one object belonging to a class . English and other Indo ...
Contents
The Glamour of Grammar | 1 |
Language Is a Woman | 16 |
self | 19 |
Copyright | |
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