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... person to observe , as are the uses of shall and will in modern English . A contributory cause of the breakdown may have been the rise in social position of the middle and lower classes . Thomas Deloney's social fiction provides an ...
... person to observe , as are the uses of shall and will in modern English . A contributory cause of the breakdown may have been the rise in social position of the middle and lower classes . Thomas Deloney's social fiction provides an ...
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... person singular and plural This seems to be a survival of the thirteenth century extension of shall , in all persons ... person , and occasionally with second and third persons , shall was pretty regular throughout with the biblical ...
... person singular and plural This seems to be a survival of the thirteenth century extension of shall , in all persons ... person , and occasionally with second and third persons , shall was pretty regular throughout with the biblical ...
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... person is now virtually a literary usage . In Tudor English shall still seems to have been the natural auxiliary for an educated writer to use in all persons . It is possible , however , that will , since the fourteenth century , has ...
... person is now virtually a literary usage . In Tudor English shall still seems to have been the natural auxiliary for an educated writer to use in all persons . It is possible , however , that will , since the fourteenth century , has ...
Contents
Preface | 11 |
Introduction | 13 |
Social Strata and Levels of Communication | 21 |
Copyright | |
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