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  2. File:A higher English grammar (IA higherenglishgra00bainrich).pdf

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    This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

  3. Fumblerules - Wikipedia

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    Fumblerules are a form of self-reference. The science editor George L. Trigg published a list of such rules in 1979. [ 2 ] The term fumblerules was coined in a list of such rules compiled by William Safire on Sunday, 4 November 1979, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] in his column "On Language" in The New York Times .

  4. Language documentation - Wikipedia

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    The first example of a grammar with a media corpus is Thieberger's grammar of South Efate (2006). [8] Language documentation has also given birth to new specialized publications, such as the free online and peer-reviewed journal Language Documentation & Conservation and the SOAS working papers Language Documentation & Description.

  5. Garner's Modern English Usage - Wikipedia

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    In 2003, the second full edition was published under the title Garner's Modern American Usage, with one-third more content than the original edition. [4] A third edition was published under that title in August 2009. An updated edition covering British and other World Englishes was released in April 2016 under the title Garner's Modern English ...

  6. American and British English grammatical differences

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    The difference occurs for all nouns of multitude, both general terms such as team and company and proper nouns (for example where a place name is used to refer to a sports team). For instance, BrE: SuperHeavy is a band that shouldn't work or First Aid Kit are a band full of contradictions; [6] [7] AmE: The Clash is a well-known band.

  7. PDF - Wikipedia

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    A PDF file is organized using ASCII characters, except for certain elements that may have binary content. The file starts with a header containing a magic number (as a readable string) and the version of the format, for example %PDF-1.7. The format is a subset of a COS ("Carousel" Object Structure) format. [24]

  8. English clause element - Wikipedia

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    It expresses the attitude of the speaker/writer. The grammar uses the term and abbreviation stance adverbial (A s). [3]: 131 In j, nevertheless functions as a connection between the clause and a preceding clause. The grammar uses the term and abbreviation linking adverbial (A l). [3]: 133

  9. English determiners - Wikipedia

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    In the clause the dog bit the man, for example, the dog belongs to the syntactic category of noun phrase and performs the syntactic function of subject. The distinction between category and function is at the heart of a terminological issue surrounding the word determiner : various grammars have used the word to describe a category, a function ...