Better Themes: A College Textbook of Writing and Re-writingHarcourt, Brace, 1936 - 416 pages |
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... expressions and of hun- dreds like them . If they will prepare a list of nouns in common use and ask half a dozen ... expression that many peo- ple use with evident pride . They say , for example , “ It's sure to rain if you leave ...
... expressions and of hun- dreds like them . If they will prepare a list of nouns in common use and ask half a dozen ... expression that many peo- ple use with evident pride . They say , for example , “ It's sure to rain if you leave ...
Page 174
... expression that is more or less in common use . The possibility offers a real danger because the student who makes ... expressions which he feels are over- worked , he will strain to devise new ones . If his new ex- pressions are apt ...
... expression that is more or less in common use . The possibility offers a real danger because the student who makes ... expressions which he feels are over- worked , he will strain to devise new ones . If his new ex- pressions are apt ...
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... expressions as wash lady , scrub lady , saleslady , lady buyer , etc. The word has been so debased that some people will not use it at all ; they substitute gentlewoman . Get . Please note that get in the following expressions is not ...
... expressions as wash lady , scrub lady , saleslady , lady buyer , etc. The word has been so debased that some people will not use it at all ; they substitute gentlewoman . Get . Please note that get in the following expressions is not ...
Contents
CLEARING THE GROUND | 3 |
TOPICS FOR THEMES | 14 |
WRITING THE THEME | 23 |
Copyright | |
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