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... English language . Norse was at this time not so different from English as Norwegian or Danish is now . Probably speakers of English could understand , more or less , the language of the newcomers who had moved into eastern England . At ...
... English language . Norse was at this time not so different from English as Norwegian or Danish is now . Probably speakers of English could understand , more or less , the language of the newcomers who had moved into eastern England . At ...
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... English language than America does to Spanish . Tokyo has four English - language daily newspapers - more than most American cities — plus several magazines . The major train and subway routes have English signs , most big - city ...
... English language than America does to Spanish . Tokyo has four English - language daily newspapers - more than most American cities — plus several magazines . The major train and subway routes have English signs , most big - city ...
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... English dictionaries were either proscribed or ( as when Mal- ory or Sir Philip Sidney were writing ) did not exist . " ( Robert Burchfield , The English Language ) Make it " was writing . " " A range of sentences forming statements ...
... English dictionaries were either proscribed or ( as when Mal- ory or Sir Philip Sidney were writing ) did not exist . " ( Robert Burchfield , The English Language ) Make it " was writing . " " A range of sentences forming statements ...
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Simplicity WILLIAM ZINSSER | 13 |
Freewriting PETER ELBOW | 19 |
Revising Your Own Manuscript | 28 |
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African agree American argument bilingual bilingual education Black English called charged language Charles O'Neill Chinese claim communication Consider culture describe dictionary discourse discussion doublespeak effective English language Eudora Welty euphemisms example Explain your answer fact feel female feminine gender George Orwell girls give guage hear ideas Indians insult Johnny Connors journalese kind linguistic listen look Malcolm X male masculine mean mother newspaper nonsexist Orwell paragraph Pepsi Persian Gulf War person phrases piece political propaganda purple queer racial racist reader refer Rhetorical Considerations S. I. Hayakawa Saddam Hussein sentence sexist sexual slanting social sounds speak speech stereotypes style symbols talk television tell thing tion Topical Considerations usage voice weasel words William Lutz woman women Write a paper Writing Assignments