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... look for a suppressed agent . " Subordinate " again obscures what men do to women and forces us to interpret it as an attribute of women , disconnected now from the assertion that men obtain and maintain power and so are the culpable ...
... look for a suppressed agent . " Subordinate " again obscures what men do to women and forces us to interpret it as an attribute of women , disconnected now from the assertion that men obtain and maintain power and so are the culpable ...
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... look like adjectives , they seem to be attributes inherent in the character of the noun , and they constitute hidden , and therefore unsupported , claims . The italicized words in the following NPs are passive participles that we treat ...
... look like adjectives , they seem to be attributes inherent in the character of the noun , and they constitute hidden , and therefore unsupported , claims . The italicized words in the following NPs are passive participles that we treat ...
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... looks tired these days . d . You sounded out of sorts on the telephone yesterday . Although we often use seem and ... ( look , feel , taste , sound , smell ) , their assertions imply an imaginary consensus or authority . By varying the ...
... looks tired these days . d . You sounded out of sorts on the telephone yesterday . Although we often use seem and ... ( look , feel , taste , sound , smell ) , their assertions imply an imaginary consensus or authority . By varying the ...
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