Perspectives on StyleAllyn and Bacon, 1967 - 272 pagina's |
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Pagina 36
... better then newer can readily be reduced to an absurdity . If only old forms are right , then we do not speak English but bad Old English — or bad Indo - Hit- tite . Equally certainly correctness is not the result of an author- itative ...
... better then newer can readily be reduced to an absurdity . If only old forms are right , then we do not speak English but bad Old English — or bad Indo - Hit- tite . Equally certainly correctness is not the result of an author- itative ...
Pagina 38
... better than B in the particular context in which it occurs . Such an evaluation will be based on the positive qualities of the passage under criticism ; that is , A is better than B if it is clearer , more in accord with artistic ...
... better than B in the particular context in which it occurs . Such an evaluation will be based on the positive qualities of the passage under criticism ; that is , A is better than B if it is clearer , more in accord with artistic ...
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... better than the blunt , obvious one or when it gives a sentence a better balance . But , I hasten to add , though I think you may without misgiving make this conces- sion to pleasant sound , I think you should make none to what may ...
... better than the blunt , obvious one or when it gives a sentence a better balance . But , I hasten to add , though I think you may without misgiving make this conces- sion to pleasant sound , I think you should make none to what may ...
Inhoudsopgave
PART ONE MODERN VIEWS AND PRACTICAL ADVICE | 1 |
Metaphor and Other Figures of Speech Herbert Read | 23 |
Correctness and Style in English Composition | 35 |
Copyright | |
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