Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to Speak Or Write Correct English, Գիրք 1Raub & Company, 1897 - 260 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 30–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... never - to - be - for- gotten " event , a " flower - bedecked " meadow , an " I - am- surprised " expression of countenance . When compounds are formed by the union of a pos- sessive and the noun limited , if the meaning is lit- eral ...
... never - to - be - for- gotten " event , a " flower - bedecked " meadow , an " I - am- surprised " expression of countenance . When compounds are formed by the union of a pos- sessive and the noun limited , if the meaning is lit- eral ...
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... never doubled . b . The letters x , k , v , are never doubled . 6. When a word ends with two consonants , when the last consonant is preceded by a diphthong , or when the accent is not on the last syllable , the final con- sonant is ...
... never doubled . b . The letters x , k , v , are never doubled . 6. When a word ends with two consonants , when the last consonant is preceded by a diphthong , or when the accent is not on the last syllable , the final con- sonant is ...
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... never tian . A late writer on orthography says there are only eleven efies , derived from arefy , calefy , humefy , liquefy , madefy , rarefy , putrefy , tabefy , torrefy , stupefy , defy ; thus , liquefied , rarefied , etc. All the ...
... never tian . A late writer on orthography says there are only eleven efies , derived from arefy , calefy , humefy , liquefy , madefy , rarefy , putrefy , tabefy , torrefy , stupefy , defy ; thus , liquefied , rarefied , etc. All the ...
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... never with pronouns , to denote possession . It's is not the possessive case , but a contraction of it is . In complex nouns the sign of the possessive should be affixed to the last word of the name ; as , Sir Walter Scott's " Tales of ...
... never with pronouns , to denote possession . It's is not the possessive case , but a contraction of it is . In complex nouns the sign of the possessive should be affixed to the last word of the name ; as , Sir Walter Scott's " Tales of ...
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... never crept from under the parental wing - was a startling idea.-C. J. Mathews . The word came not to Esau , the hunter that stayed not at home , but to Jacob , the plain man , he [ him ] that dwelt in tents . -Penn . Christ and him ...
... never crept from under the parental wing - was a startling idea.-C. J. Mathews . The word came not to Esau , the hunter that stayed not at home , but to Jacob , the plain man , he [ him ] that dwelt in tents . -Penn . Christ and him ...
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Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to ..., Գիրք 1 Albert Newton Raub Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1897 |
Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to ..., Գիրք 1 Albert Newton Raub Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1897 |
Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to ..., Գիրք 1 Albert Newton Raub Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1897 |
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