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... tion word when used as an auxiliary.57 Perhaps , as Ralph Long says , the attempts by many grammarians " to distinguish ' function words ' and ' content words ' in modern English ... have never been success- ful " and " almost all words ...
... tion word when used as an auxiliary.57 Perhaps , as Ralph Long says , the attempts by many grammarians " to distinguish ' function words ' and ' content words ' in modern English ... have never been success- ful " and " almost all words ...
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... tion of the similarity in dissimilars . " 37 Our response to metaphor is intuitive . Suppose we were to analyze the metaphor by breaking it down into a ratio : sun : earth : : Gandhi India We would not really be describing the process ...
... tion of the similarity in dissimilars . " 37 Our response to metaphor is intuitive . Suppose we were to analyze the metaphor by breaking it down into a ratio : sun : earth : : Gandhi India We would not really be describing the process ...
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... tion of the States . The people themselves can do this also if they choose ; but the executive , as such , has nothing to do with it . His duty is to administer the present government , as it came to his hands , and to transmit it ...
... tion of the States . The people themselves can do this also if they choose ; but the executive , as such , has nothing to do with it . His duty is to administer the present government , as it came to his hands , and to transmit it ...
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