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... employed in same case ... Want of Perspicuity Elliptical Modes of Speech ...... Other ungrammatical Phrases Page 1 2 ib . 9 12 ib . 15 ... 17 18 19 ib . ib . 20 ib . ib . 21 ib . ib . ib . 22 23 ib . 24 28 34 37 Nominative without a ...
... employed in same case ... Want of Perspicuity Elliptical Modes of Speech ...... Other ungrammatical Phrases Page 1 2 ib . 9 12 ib . 15 ... 17 18 19 ib . ib . 20 ib . ib . 21 ib . ib . ib . 22 23 ib . 24 28 34 37 Nominative without a ...
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... employed for another ... " Deteriorate " Detract " " Mechanism Machinery " Application " - " Applicability " Participate - " Concur " " Overspread " _ " Pervade " 85 ib . ib . 86 87 ib . 98 ib . 99 ib . 100 ib . 29 Page 101 " Bind up 99 ...
... employed for another ... " Deteriorate " Detract " " Mechanism Machinery " Application " - " Applicability " Participate - " Concur " " Overspread " _ " Pervade " 85 ib . ib . 86 87 ib . 98 ib . 99 ib . 100 ib . 29 Page 101 " Bind up 99 ...
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... employed . The use of the plural forms the rule ; that of the singular the excep- tion . The former is supported by that " usage " which Horace describes as the " Jus et norma loquendi . " The latter has nothing to recommend it but the ...
... employed . The use of the plural forms the rule ; that of the singular the excep- tion . The former is supported by that " usage " which Horace describes as the " Jus et norma loquendi . " The latter has nothing to recommend it but the ...
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... employed , although it would be more consistent with grammar to use the plural . Here is an example : --- " Valentia ... employing the plural here , we have only to reflect that " which " is the nominative to " is ; " and that the direct ...
... employed , although it would be more consistent with grammar to use the plural . Here is an example : --- " Valentia ... employing the plural here , we have only to reflect that " which " is the nominative to " is ; " and that the direct ...
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... and put the verb in the plural . As to the form of phrase in question , the weight of authority is with those who employ the verb in the singular . Gibbon does so in every instance ; 22 MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE . "With.
... and put the verb in the plural . As to the form of phrase in question , the weight of authority is with those who employ the verb in the singular . Gibbon does so in every instance ; 22 MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE . "With.
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