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... usage with such accuracy that it seems more profitable to accept their evidence as trustworthy and to seek an explanation for it . It is worth noting that SND records an identical usage for Scotland , and quotes an instance from a ...
... usage with such accuracy that it seems more profitable to accept their evidence as trustworthy and to seek an explanation for it . It is worth noting that SND records an identical usage for Scotland , and quotes an instance from a ...
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... usage calls for of ( vi 90 , xvi 84 , xxiv 69 ) [ NED s.v. on 27 ] ; here also belong on's ( xiii 11 ) and on't ( xxvii 22 ) . The use of vidin ' within ' as a mere substitute for in ( xvi 96 ) is now obsolete [ NED s.v. within B. 1 ( a ) ...
... usage calls for of ( vi 90 , xvi 84 , xxiv 69 ) [ NED s.v. on 27 ] ; here also belong on's ( xiii 11 ) and on't ( xxvii 22 ) . The use of vidin ' within ' as a mere substitute for in ( xvi 96 ) is now obsolete [ NED s.v. within B. 1 ( a ) ...
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... usage , and was not merely invented by Head for comic effect , it must depend on a confusion of the English synonyms by and by and presently . What for a Message is it ? ( xxii 6 ) uses what for in the sense ' what kind of ' , a usage ...
... usage , and was not merely invented by Head for comic effect , it must depend on a confusion of the English synonyms by and by and presently . What for a Message is it ? ( xxii 6 ) uses what for in the sense ' what kind of ' , a usage ...
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THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND II | 11 |
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXTS | 31 |
TEXTS | 76 |
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