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Good English: The mechanics of composition Henry Seidel Canby,John Baker Opdycke Visualização completa - 1925 |
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A. G. Spalding able adjective adverb argument asked Blaine High School Buddy business letters called capitalized captain's gig classmates clauses clear club comma complimentary closing composition conjunctions construction correct criticism Dear debate defective verbs dependent clauses dictionary emphatic English errors Explain expression following sentences gerund girl give horse hyphenated indicate infinitive interesting Jack Thompson John kind look loved marks Mary matter means modify never noun paragraph participle person phrases play plural PRACTICE predicate adjective predicate nominative preposition principal pronoun punctuation pupils quotation refers relative pronoun Rewrite rule SECTION semicolon Shylock singular sometimes speak speech story subjunctive suffix tell tences tense thing thou thought tion topic sentence usually verb verbal noun word picture Write a letter York City
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