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Page 164
... latter half of the seventeenth century . Many of the earlier devices were clumsy , or sound crude to grammatically sophisticated ears . On the other hand , the nineteenth - century distinction between defining and non - defining clauses ...
... latter half of the seventeenth century . Many of the earlier devices were clumsy , or sound crude to grammatically sophisticated ears . On the other hand , the nineteenth - century distinction between defining and non - defining clauses ...
Page 168
... latter arrangement was derived the contracted forms don't and didn't in the latter half of the seventeenth century ; they seem to have first appeared in the plays of Dryden . 4. Flexible position of substitute genitive EMIH I.3.27â29 ...
... latter arrangement was derived the contracted forms don't and didn't in the latter half of the seventeenth century ; they seem to have first appeared in the plays of Dryden . 4. Flexible position of substitute genitive EMIH I.3.27â29 ...
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... latter on syntax . Chapters 14 and 15 discuss etymology and prosody respectively , the latter containing verses of Wallis's own composition . In the syntax of the parts of speech he acknowledges Gill and Jonson , to whom his treatment ...
... latter on syntax . Chapters 14 and 15 discuss etymology and prosody respectively , the latter containing verses of Wallis's own composition . In the syntax of the parts of speech he acknowledges Gill and Jonson , to whom his treatment ...
Contents
Preface | 11 |
Introduction | 13 |
Social Strata and Levels of Communication | 21 |
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