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... course . When you have finished your fair copy , read it through . Put in any words you have left out , and carefully examine your stops . § 3. TECHNICAL RULES Leave a margin about an inch wide , on the left side . The first line of a ...
... course . When you have finished your fair copy , read it through . Put in any words you have left out , and carefully examine your stops . § 3. TECHNICAL RULES Leave a margin about an inch wide , on the left side . The first line of a ...
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... as possible to do with either , unless , of course , they occur in some quotation which you introduce . The hyphen is largely employed by modern writers , especially in such phrases as " well - bred , 12 ESSAYS AND ESSAY WRITING.
... as possible to do with either , unless , of course , they occur in some quotation which you introduce . The hyphen is largely employed by modern writers , especially in such phrases as " well - bred , 12 ESSAYS AND ESSAY WRITING.
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... course you will say you have no time to read . Every- one says that . Now that statement is nearly but not quite accurate . No person is so completely engrossed in the business of life , whether he be a Prime Minister or an intending ...
... course you will say you have no time to read . Every- one says that . Now that statement is nearly but not quite accurate . No person is so completely engrossed in the business of life , whether he be a Prime Minister or an intending ...
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... course and Note 2 . annihilates time and space . Steam laughs at wind and Note 4 . sea . Photography 5 faithfully fixes and retains the repre- Note 5 . sentation of men and things . Even of the spoken word , than which nothing is more ...
... course and Note 2 . annihilates time and space . Steam laughs at wind and Note 4 . sea . Photography 5 faithfully fixes and retains the repre- Note 5 . sentation of men and things . Even of the spoken word , than which nothing is more ...
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... course , lightning . The application of electricity to the many purposes which it now serves is of very recent date . Many of its uses , including the megaphone , the phonograph , various adaptations of the electric light , the ...
... course , lightning . The application of electricity to the many purposes which it now serves is of very recent date . Many of its uses , including the megaphone , the phonograph , various adaptations of the electric light , the ...
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