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... tion between shall and will , because there wasn't one . It wasn't until 1653 that Wallis stated the " rule " still taught in schools in his Grammatica Angli- canae ( Baugh , 337 ) . This particular prescription was given its final ...
... tion between shall and will , because there wasn't one . It wasn't until 1653 that Wallis stated the " rule " still taught in schools in his Grammatica Angli- canae ( Baugh , 337 ) . This particular prescription was given its final ...
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... tion becomes semantic exclusion ; semantic exclusion becomes social exclu- sion . Patriarchal semantic space is so well maintained that the attempts of some Feminists to introduce " androgyny " or " gynandry " were bound to fail . First ...
... tion becomes semantic exclusion ; semantic exclusion becomes social exclu- sion . Patriarchal semantic space is so well maintained that the attempts of some Feminists to introduce " androgyny " or " gynandry " were bound to fail . First ...
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... tion of the world in which children grow in d . , we are asked to accept subjective descriptions as statements of incontrovertible " fact . " The asser- tions about anger in a . , for example , turn out to be circular when we question ...
... tion of the world in which children grow in d . , we are asked to accept subjective descriptions as statements of incontrovertible " fact . " The asser- tions about anger in a . , for example , turn out to be circular when we question ...
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Speaking Freely: Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers' Tongues Julia Penelope No preview available - 1990 |
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