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... English words in ways that were proper two or three generations ago , the child will gradually acquire a " feeling " for such usages , and they will seem entirely natural to him . Likewise if an adult reads more widely in older ...
... English words in ways that were proper two or three generations ago , the child will gradually acquire a " feeling " for such usages , and they will seem entirely natural to him . Likewise if an adult reads more widely in older ...
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... English stations does not refer to avant - garde daring or freakish- ness , as it does in American slang , but merely points the way to an exit . In English schools , the careers master has the function of the American guidance ...
... English stations does not refer to avant - garde daring or freakish- ness , as it does in American slang , but merely points the way to an exit . In English schools , the careers master has the function of the American guidance ...
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... English is to improve your ability to express yourself in writing , your themes and exercises must be your own work . To submit to your instructor a paper that is not truly the product of your own mind and skill is to commit plagiarism ...
... English is to improve your ability to express yourself in writing , your themes and exercises must be your own work . To submit to your instructor a paper that is not truly the product of your own mind and skill is to commit plagiarism ...
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Denotation and Connotation | 1 |
Diction | 55 |
Other Determinants of Tone | 130 |
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