The Quarterly Review, Volume 293William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1955 |
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Page 183
... English . Apart from the accidents of war and conquest , there are several good reasons why English should have taken on . It is , like Chinese , an uninflected language ; and in spite of certain disadvantages , an uninflected language ...
... English . Apart from the accidents of war and conquest , there are several good reasons why English should have taken on . It is , like Chinese , an uninflected language ; and in spite of certain disadvantages , an uninflected language ...
Page 184
... English , from Old English ' to Maturity ' in the sixteenth century . There are chapters on sounds and spelling , word creation , slang and dialect , British and American English , to name only a few . The book is never dull , though ...
... English , from Old English ' to Maturity ' in the sixteenth century . There are chapters on sounds and spelling , word creation , slang and dialect , British and American English , to name only a few . The book is never dull , though ...
Page 185
... English , of course , is not wholly uninflected . It has dispensed with the inessentials , such as gender . ' English has surely gained everything and lost nothing by casting off this useless burden which all the other well - known ...
... English , of course , is not wholly uninflected . It has dispensed with the inessentials , such as gender . ' English has surely gained everything and lost nothing by casting off this useless burden which all the other well - known ...
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How Neville Chamberlain fought Hitler | 1 |
Editor and Bio grapher | 2 |
The Unloved Lawyer | 3 |
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