Language Maven Strikes AgainDoubleday, 1990 - 447 sider A collection of the author's weekly columns "On language" from the New York Times magazine. |
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Side 61
... Perhaps when you were writing about the quality of this institution you were mean- ing to say something about the " good " that occurs in the education of the students , and perhaps when saying something about the eagerness of the ...
... Perhaps when you were writing about the quality of this institution you were mean- ing to say something about the " good " that occurs in the education of the students , and perhaps when saying something about the eagerness of the ...
Side 176
... perhaps " Sofeyr , " since the " e " vowel sound ( denoted by two horizontal dots underneath the Hebrew letter " f " ) is a Tzeyré , a sort of an open " e " terminating with a soft , floating " y . " Second : The scribe mentioned in ...
... perhaps " Sofeyr , " since the " e " vowel sound ( denoted by two horizontal dots underneath the Hebrew letter " f " ) is a Tzeyré , a sort of an open " e " terminating with a soft , floating " y . " Second : The scribe mentioned in ...
Side 263
... Perhaps I may borrow a phrase from one of my fellow country- men , Charles Dickens , who at the end of his famous book A Christmas Carol said : ' God bless us every one . ' 999 As each and every member of the Squad Squad knows and ...
... Perhaps I may borrow a phrase from one of my fellow country- men , Charles Dickens , who at the end of his famous book A Christmas Carol said : ' God bless us every one . ' 999 As each and every member of the Squad Squad knows and ...
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