The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 149Atlantic Monthly Company, 1932 - American essays |
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Page 57
... English on the other , put the two tongues to a simple test . Take an English sentence out of the newspaper and break it up into its ele- ments by writing each word on a separate square piece of cardboard . Then mix the words thoroughly ...
... English on the other , put the two tongues to a simple test . Take an English sentence out of the newspaper and break it up into its ele- ments by writing each word on a separate square piece of cardboard . Then mix the words thoroughly ...
Page 349
... English words were always few and well - considered . It was extremely difficult to explain that he had used the words correctly as slang , yet they were not correct English . Some student companions had undertaken to interpret ...
... English words were always few and well - considered . It was extremely difficult to explain that he had used the words correctly as slang , yet they were not correct English . Some student companions had undertaken to interpret ...
Page 551
... English is a very imperfect language indeed . To begin with , the spelling of English words is traditional and accidental rather than rational and scientific . In the course of time some change in the direction of simplified spelling is ...
... English is a very imperfect language indeed . To begin with , the spelling of English words is traditional and accidental rather than rational and scientific . In the course of time some change in the direction of simplified spelling is ...
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