English Synonymes Classified and Explained: With Practical Exercises. Designed for Schools and Private TuitionLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 425 páginas |
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... sense of the exact meaning and application of words , are sel- dom likely to use them incorrectly ; but it would be utterly absurd to infer from this fact , that some general rules to guide the student in his choice and distinction of ...
... sense of the exact meaning and application of words , are sel- dom likely to use them incorrectly ; but it would be utterly absurd to infer from this fact , that some general rules to guide the student in his choice and distinction of ...
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... There can be little doubt that the same prin- ciples of difference which our senses discover in the external world operate in the very constitu- tion of the human mind , and that properties belonging INTRODUCTION . 11.
... There can be little doubt that the same prin- ciples of difference which our senses discover in the external world operate in the very constitu- tion of the human mind , and that properties belonging INTRODUCTION . 11.
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... sense of these two terms . A word that expresses a passive or recipient state may thus often be distinguished from one that contains the same idea in an active state . Between many " abstract nouns we shall find this principle to ...
... sense of these two terms . A word that expresses a passive or recipient state may thus often be distinguished from one that contains the same idea in an active state . Between many " abstract nouns we shall find this principle to ...
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... sense . It must here again be remembered that this principle of inten- sity has no reference to comparison , as applied to a grammatical class of words , but imports a higher degree , as marked by the difference of meaning between two ...
... sense . It must here again be remembered that this principle of inten- sity has no reference to comparison , as applied to a grammatical class of words , but imports a higher degree , as marked by the difference of meaning between two ...
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... sense . The same remarks will apply to the difference of meaning between the two nouns fault and defect . A fault is something positively wrong ; a defect is something negatively wrong . What is faulty has what it should not have ; what ...
... sense . The same remarks will apply to the difference of meaning between the two nouns fault and defect . A fault is something positively wrong ; a defect is something negatively wrong . What is faulty has what it should not have ; what ...
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