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... sometimes violated the accidence or the syntax of English grammar . ' " " Correctness ( or Purity ) is , then , the first requisite of discourse , whether spoken or written . Whatever is ad- dressed to English - speaking people should ...
... sometimes violated the accidence or the syntax of English grammar . ' " " Correctness ( or Purity ) is , then , the first requisite of discourse , whether spoken or written . Whatever is ad- dressed to English - speaking people should ...
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... sometimes without due credit , by writers on Rhetoric since his day . Canon I1 When , of two words or phrases in equally good use , one is susceptible of two significations and the other is susceptible of but one signification , the ...
... sometimes without due credit , by writers on Rhetoric since his day . Canon I1 When , of two words or phrases in equally good use , one is susceptible of two significations and the other is susceptible of but one signification , the ...
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... sometimes to be found in good authors , hardly fall under this canon , so strongly does usage favor the second form . Under this head may be classed a few words that , though appar- ently meaning the exact opposite of each other , are ...
... sometimes to be found in good authors , hardly fall under this canon , so strongly does usage favor the second form . Under this head may be classed a few words that , though appar- ently meaning the exact opposite of each other , are ...
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... sometimes necessary to remove ambiguity : " is beating , ” for instance , will hardly do for is being beaten . 66 4 Valuable as these canons are in determining the choice between two forms of speech equally favored by good use , helpful ...
... sometimes necessary to remove ambiguity : " is beating , ” for instance , will hardly do for is being beaten . 66 4 Valuable as these canons are in determining the choice between two forms of speech equally favored by good use , helpful ...
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... sometimes regretted ; but people forget that time leaves behind it only that which is no longer used . " 2 1 See , for the corresponding excellences , p . 2 . 2 X. Doudan : Mélanges , tome i .; De la Nouvelle École Poétique . Swift's ...
... sometimes regretted ; but people forget that time leaves behind it only that which is no longer used . " 2 1 See , for the corresponding excellences , p . 2 . 2 X. Doudan : Mélanges , tome i .; De la Nouvelle École Poétique . Swift's ...
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