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... mother would smile softly between her remarks ; my father , at the other end of the table , would chew and chew his food while he stared over the heads of his children . 33 My mother ! My father ! After English became my primary ...
... mother would smile softly between her remarks ; my father , at the other end of the table , would chew and chew his food while he stared over the heads of his children . 33 My mother ! My father ! After English became my primary ...
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... mother talks , all Chinese people take a circumlocu- tory route to get to the point . It is , in fact , my mother's idiosyncratic behavior to ramble a bit . Sapir was right about differences between two languages and their realities . I ...
... mother talks , all Chinese people take a circumlocu- tory route to get to the point . It is , in fact , my mother's idiosyncratic behavior to ramble a bit . Sapir was right about differences between two languages and their realities . I ...
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... mother and parent is still com- mon , except for noncustodial parent which is almost always a synonym for fa- ther . A recent ad for Parents magazine begins : " To be the best mother you can be , you want practical , reliable answers to ...
... mother and parent is still com- mon , except for noncustodial parent which is almost always a synonym for fa- ther . A recent ad for Parents magazine begins : " To be the best mother you can be , you want practical , reliable answers to ...
Contents
Simplicity WILLIAM ZINSSER | 13 |
Freewriting PETER ELBOW | 19 |
Revising Your Own Manuscript | 28 |
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