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Americans find unending amusement in English ways of speaking the mothertongue . They take as keen a delight in mimicking us as we in burlesquing them . Strange to say , they see in our idiom and pronunciation a fantastic departure from ...
Americans find unending amusement in English ways of speaking the mothertongue . They take as keen a delight in mimicking us as we in burlesquing them . Strange to say , they see in our idiom and pronunciation a fantastic departure from ...
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So , he argues : A majority of those interested may be quite willing to abide by the decisions of a dictator - committee composed of disinterested experts ; and there might be profit for us who have English for our mother - tongue ...
So , he argues : A majority of those interested may be quite willing to abide by the decisions of a dictator - committee composed of disinterested experts ; and there might be profit for us who have English for our mother - tongue ...
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The King's English " was published ten years ago , and soon went into a second edition . It was a most amusing and piquant book in its citations of ludicrous errors from the most dignified sources . At the same time it was a book ...
The King's English " was published ten years ago , and soon went into a second edition . It was a most amusing and piquant book in its citations of ludicrous errors from the most dignified sources . At the same time it was a book ...
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