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... thing that ordinary signs are ; only they do not call our attention to some- thing necessarily present or to be physically dealt with — they call up merely a conception of the thing they " mean . The difference between a sign and a ...
... thing that ordinary signs are ; only they do not call our attention to some- thing necessarily present or to be physically dealt with — they call up merely a conception of the thing they " mean . The difference between a sign and a ...
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... thing that creeps upon the earth . " 27So God created man in his own image , in the image of God he created him ; male and female he created them . 28 And God blessed them , and God said to them , " Be fruitful and multiply , and fill ...
... thing that creeps upon the earth . " 27So God created man in his own image , in the image of God he created him ; male and female he created them . 28 And God blessed them , and God said to them , " Be fruitful and multiply , and fill ...
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... thing ( slump , recession , or depression ) , our thing ( i.e. , the Costa Nostra ) , or the Watergate thing ( elaborated by the president himself into the pre - thing and the post - thing ) . The American tendency toward abstraction ...
... thing ( slump , recession , or depression ) , our thing ( i.e. , the Costa Nostra ) , or the Watergate thing ( elaborated by the president himself into the pre - thing and the post - thing ) . The American tendency toward abstraction ...
Contents
Simplicity WILLIAM ZINSSER | 13 |
Freewriting PETER ELBOW | 19 |
Revising Your Own Manuscript | 28 |
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