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... important sub - divisions . Practically it is better to have too many paragraphs than too few . One of the objects of the writer is to attract and engage the attention of the reader . A heavy unbroken mass of matter is repulsive to the ...
... important sub - divisions . Practically it is better to have too many paragraphs than too few . One of the objects of the writer is to attract and engage the attention of the reader . A heavy unbroken mass of matter is repulsive to the ...
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... important and difficult part of the whole matter . is the framework of the fabric . Unless the parts are properly discriminated , you cannot present a coherent and intelligible whole . You will run one thing into another ; you will ...
... important and difficult part of the whole matter . is the framework of the fabric . Unless the parts are properly discriminated , you cannot present a coherent and intelligible whole . You will run one thing into another ; you will ...
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... important stops , the colon is often used in intro- ducing a quotation ; or , as an alternative to the comma , in cases of apposition where the apposition clause is of considerable length ; or sometimes instead of the semi - colon in a ...
... important stops , the colon is often used in intro- ducing a quotation ; or , as an alternative to the comma , in cases of apposition where the apposition clause is of considerable length ; or sometimes instead of the semi - colon in a ...
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... importance in Chivalry . Tournaments . Its legal aspect . Ordeal by battle used to decide law- suits , e.g. the Dukes of Hereford and Norfolk before Richard II . § 3. Duelling in sixteenth , seventeenth , and eighteenth cen- turies ...
... importance in Chivalry . Tournaments . Its legal aspect . Ordeal by battle used to decide law- suits , e.g. the Dukes of Hereford and Norfolk before Richard II . § 3. Duelling in sixteenth , seventeenth , and eighteenth cen- turies ...
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... important . § 2. First aspect : Industrial . § 3. Second aspect : Commercial . § 4. Illustration of Commercial importance in modern times : e.g. the Congo . § 5. Ports at the mouths of rivers . § 6. Third aspect : Military . § 7. Fourth ...
... important . § 2. First aspect : Industrial . § 3. Second aspect : Commercial . § 4. Illustration of Commercial importance in modern times : e.g. the Congo . § 5. Ports at the mouths of rivers . § 6. Third aspect : Military . § 7. Fourth ...
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