Talks on Writing English: Second seriesHoughton Mifflin Company, 1901 - 259 pages |
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... 167 XIII . DESCRIPTION XIV . NARRATION XV . DIALOGUE XVI . PUNCTUATION XVII . LETTER - WRITING 174 · 193 211 226 228 XVIII . EUPHONY • · • 237 XIX . THE LITERARY LIFE 247 TALKS ON WRITING ENGLISH SECOND SERIES I FIRST CONSIDERATIONS WHAT.
... 167 XIII . DESCRIPTION XIV . NARRATION XV . DIALOGUE XVI . PUNCTUATION XVII . LETTER - WRITING 174 · 193 211 226 228 XVIII . EUPHONY • · • 237 XIX . THE LITERARY LIFE 247 TALKS ON WRITING ENGLISH SECOND SERIES I FIRST CONSIDERATIONS WHAT.
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... letter would be , the use of the second person is a violation of the point of view . It is true that the absence of an impersonal pronoun in English , the loss from the tongue of the particle man in the sense of the French on , has ...
... letter would be , the use of the second person is a violation of the point of view . It is true that the absence of an impersonal pronoun in English , the loss from the tongue of the particle man in the sense of the French on , has ...
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... writer and , it , and but are sure to be besetting sins ; they settle on his page as motes fall from dust - filled air . In the same way that penmen of the commercial col- lege sort are apt to be unable to begin to form a capital letter ...
... writer and , it , and but are sure to be besetting sins ; they settle on his page as motes fall from dust - filled air . In the same way that penmen of the commercial col- lege sort are apt to be unable to begin to form a capital letter ...
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... letter ; ' by trembling he showed his fear ; ' the vase turned over in fall- ing . ' The matter is complicated by the fact that the common form in -ing is shared by certain words which are nouns pure and simple . Shipping , par- ing ...
... letter ; ' by trembling he showed his fear ; ' the vase turned over in fall- ing . ' The matter is complicated by the fact that the common form in -ing is shared by certain words which are nouns pure and simple . Shipping , par- ing ...
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... letter . By beginning while the dogs were young , and train- ing them patiently . To aid further the reader's understanding of this delicate matter , — I trust not to complete his men- tal confusion , - it not be amiss to add exam- ples ...
... letter . By beginning while the dogs were young , and train- ing them patiently . To aid further the reader's understanding of this delicate matter , — I trust not to complete his men- tal confusion , - it not be amiss to add exam- ples ...
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