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... things about him : ( 1 ) He is inefficient ; zealous though he may be , in other respects , to accomplish things with the utmost dispatch and the least possible waste of motion , his language cries out for the attentions of a so ...
... things about him : ( 1 ) He is inefficient ; zealous though he may be , in other respects , to accomplish things with the utmost dispatch and the least possible waste of motion , his language cries out for the attentions of a so ...
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... things , we feel , down the white man's throat that , let's say , the white man don't want to eat . I have my rights , and a Negro has his rights , but I don't want a nigger living next door to me . And another thing ... if I want to ...
... things , we feel , down the white man's throat that , let's say , the white man don't want to eat . I have my rights , and a Negro has his rights , but I don't want a nigger living next door to me . And another thing ... if I want to ...
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... things we cannot do so . " Rightness " varies from sentence to sentence , idea to idea , writer to writer . Everyone probably would agree , however , that a long sentence written without any stops at all is un- rhythmical , and that on ...
... things we cannot do so . " Rightness " varies from sentence to sentence , idea to idea , writer to writer . Everyone probably would agree , however , that a long sentence written without any stops at all is un- rhythmical , and that on ...
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Diction | 55 |
Other Determinants of Tone | 130 |
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