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So long as language is spoken by men and used by them as a means of
intercourse , it changes and develops at a constant ... The most obvious
exception among the Aryan or Indo - European languages is Icelandic , which
has not materially ...
So long as language is spoken by men and used by them as a means of
intercourse , it changes and develops at a constant ... The most obvious
exception among the Aryan or Indo - European languages is Icelandic , which
has not materially ...
Page 77
A consideration of these facts eventually convinces us that the constituent
elements of English are mixed as in no other European language , and that
whatever purists may urge from patriotic motives , philologically the language is
essentially ...
A consideration of these facts eventually convinces us that the constituent
elements of English are mixed as in no other European language , and that
whatever purists may urge from patriotic motives , philologically the language is
essentially ...
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of other languages will show him the peculiarities of his own . One of them is an
inherent tendency towards pomposity in style , exemplified in Latinity ,
Johnsonese , and certain forms of journalese . No other European language is
capable in ...
of other languages will show him the peculiarities of his own . One of them is an
inherent tendency towards pomposity in style , exemplified in Latinity ,
Johnsonese , and certain forms of journalese . No other European language is
capable in ...
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