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040 _aDLC
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_dOCoLC
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082 _a420.9
_bONG
245 0 2 _aA guide to the English language :
_bits history, development, and use /
_cWritten by Dendy Agate ... Henry Alexander ... [and others] under the editorship of H. C. O'Neill.
260 _aLondon :
_aEdinburgh;
_bT.C. & E.C. Jack,
_c1915.
300 _aviii, 455 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aBibliography: p. [436]-437.
505 0 _apt. 1. The composition of the English language: The history of the English language, by A. K. Gray and D. Agate; English philology, by H. Alexander; The English alphabet and orthography, by A. K. Gray; Doublets, by R. Edwards; English grammar, by D. Agate.--pt. 2. Vocabulary: General principles, by E. B. Maye; Enlargement of vocabulary, by E. B. Maye; A dictionary of synonyms, by A. K. Gray; Errors in vocabulary, by E. B. Maye.--pt. 3. Style: Composition and style, by E. Classen; Kinds of composition, by A. E. Stirling; Synopsis of classical English literature, by R. Edwards; Folk poetry, by A. S. Neill; Familiar quotations, by A. K. Gray.--pt. 4. Miscellaneous: Prosody, by R. Edwards; Translation, by H. Alexander; Paraphrasing, Précis writing, by R. Edwards; Letter-writing, Forms of address, Bibliography: use of dictionaries, by H. Alexander; Preparation of ms. for the printer; Foreign words and phrases, by H. Alexander; Abbreviations.
650 0 _aEnglish language.
650 0 _aStyle, Literary.
700 1 _aO'Neill, H. C.,
_eed.
700 1 _aAgate, Dendy.
700 1 _aAlexander, Henry,
_d1890-
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