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Pagina 23
... reader . Are we all , for instance , able to interpret fully in ( b ) “ those fabulous dragons ' teeth " ? Perhaps we should be shy of parad- ing our knowledge by way of allusions . If our hearers or readers cannot place them directly ...
... reader . Are we all , for instance , able to interpret fully in ( b ) “ those fabulous dragons ' teeth " ? Perhaps we should be shy of parad- ing our knowledge by way of allusions . If our hearers or readers cannot place them directly ...
Pagina 159
... readers give credit for profundity to whatever is obscure , and call all that is perspicuous , shallow . But corragio ... reader's attention . You are not vague ( indefinite in thought or expres- sion ) or obscure ( hard to understand ) ...
... readers give credit for profundity to whatever is obscure , and call all that is perspicuous , shallow . But corragio ... reader's attention . You are not vague ( indefinite in thought or expres- sion ) or obscure ( hard to understand ) ...
Pagina 183
... reader's attention the better by making your paragraphs fairly short - not more than half a dozen sentences . The long paragraph is apt to find its reader mind- wandering before the end , just as the express train journey lulls one to ...
... reader's attention the better by making your paragraphs fairly short - not more than half a dozen sentences . The long paragraph is apt to find its reader mind- wandering before the end , just as the express train journey lulls one to ...
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
accent adjective adverb Alice Alice in Wonderland Antony beauty Ben Jonson better Brutus Cęsura called Charles Lamb clause comma consonant dear delight doth effective English example expression eyes G. B. SHAW give grammar Greek Hamlet hand hath hear hearers heart honour Iambic Pentameter idea instance Julius Cęsar King Lady language Latin light lines live Look Lord Macaulay matter meaning metaphor metonymy Milton mind never Nominative Absolute notice noun objective Paradise Lost paragraph passage Perhaps periphrasis person phrase play plural poem poet poetry Pope preposition pronoun pronunciation prose question quotation reader reason rhyming rhythm sense sentence Shakespeare silent sing singular sonnet sound speak speaker speech spelling split infinitive style sweet syllable talk tell term thee thing thou thought tongue Transitive Verb TROCHEE usually verb verse voice vowel words writing