A Manual of Good EnglishGeorge Newnes, 1950 - 318 páginas To improve writing techniques. |
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... tell you , is not nearly so bad as it sounds . At first the bride will doubtless prefer her accustomed margarine to oleomargarine , pram to baby carriage , and chips to French fried potatoes . ( This last is certainly a mouthful ; it is ...
... tell you , is not nearly so bad as it sounds . At first the bride will doubtless prefer her accustomed margarine to oleomargarine , pram to baby carriage , and chips to French fried potatoes . ( This last is certainly a mouthful ; it is ...
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... tell me , and indeed the evidence has shown that your first wife left her home and her young children to live in adultery with another man . You say this prosecution is an instrument of extortion on the part of the adulterer . Be it so ...
... tell me , and indeed the evidence has shown that your first wife left her home and her young children to live in adultery with another man . You say this prosecution is an instrument of extortion on the part of the adulterer . Be it so ...
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... tell'st the world 19 It is not worth leave - taking . ( Antony and Cleopatra . ) The advice is sound : when a choice presents itself , use the SHORT WORD RATHER THAN THE LONG . So doing you will be following the example of the best ...
... tell'st the world 19 It is not worth leave - taking . ( Antony and Cleopatra . ) The advice is sound : when a choice presents itself , use the SHORT WORD RATHER THAN THE LONG . So doing you will be following the example of the best ...
Términos y frases comunes
accent adjective adverb Alice Alice in Wonderland Antony beauty Ben Jonson better Brutus CÆSURA called Charles Lamb clause comma consonant dear delight doth effective English example expression eyes G. B. SHAW give grammar Greek Hamlet hand hath hear hearers heart honour Iambic Pentameter idea inflexions instance Julius Cæsar King Lady language Latin light lines live Look Lord Macaulay matter meaning metaphor metonymy Milton mind never Nominative Absolute notice noun objective paragraph passage Perhaps periphrasis person phrase play plural poem poet poetry Pope preposition pronoun pronunciation prose question quotation reader reason rhyming rhythm sense sentence Shakespeare silent sing singular sonnet sound speak speaker speech spelling split infinitive style sweet syllable talk tell term thee thing thou thought tongue Transitive Verb TROCHEE usually verb verse voice vowel words writing