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... instance of literariness is the use after 1550 of the -th inflexion in the third person singular present indicative of verbs . Northern -s rarely appeared in documents or literature before 1550 ; Surrey , for instance , used it in his ...
... instance of literariness is the use after 1550 of the -th inflexion in the third person singular present indicative of verbs . Northern -s rarely appeared in documents or literature before 1550 ; Surrey , for instance , used it in his ...
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... instance , nouns for adjectives or verbs , and vice versa , e.g. Nashe , Unfortunate Traveller , p . 291 , ' if there bee anie sparke of Adams Paradized perfection yet emberd up in the breastes of mortall men . . . ' In the sentence ' I ...
... instance , nouns for adjectives or verbs , and vice versa , e.g. Nashe , Unfortunate Traveller , p . 291 , ' if there bee anie sparke of Adams Paradized perfection yet emberd up in the breastes of mortall men . . . ' In the sentence ' I ...
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... instance of a particle - adverb , used in a compound verb , that did not survive in English practice . Revels V.10.40 . I'le give over speaking , and bee a spectator onely ( vi ) Up EMOH I.3.114 . Kils the vipers up ( pleonastic ) ( vii ) ...
... instance of a particle - adverb , used in a compound verb , that did not survive in English practice . Revels V.10.40 . I'le give over speaking , and bee a spectator onely ( vi ) Up EMOH I.3.114 . Kils the vipers up ( pleonastic ) ( vii ) ...
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Preface | 11 |
Introduction | 13 |
Social Strata and Levels of Communication | 21 |
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