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... instance , window panes and hourglasses . A metonymical extension then leads from ' drinking vessel made of glass ' to the contents of such a vessel : een glas drinken ' to drink a glass ' does not mean that the vessel itself is ...
... instance , window panes and hourglasses . A metonymical extension then leads from ' drinking vessel made of glass ' to the contents of such a vessel : een glas drinken ' to drink a glass ' does not mean that the vessel itself is ...
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... instance , Huddleston finds that there are restrictions with interrogatives : he accepts That she did it is now known , but not Is that she did it now known ?, even though other native informants found the latter acceptable . In general ...
... instance , Huddleston finds that there are restrictions with interrogatives : he accepts That she did it is now known , but not Is that she did it now known ?, even though other native informants found the latter acceptable . In general ...
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... instance , the fact that you work so hard , where the that - clause is embedded one rank deeper as Postmodifier to the fact . ii ) There is a strong general tendency for facts to be replaceable by nominal groups . These can be either ...
... instance , the fact that you work so hard , where the that - clause is embedded one rank deeper as Postmodifier to the fact . ii ) There is a strong general tendency for facts to be replaceable by nominal groups . These can be either ...
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The Diachronic Perspective | 1 |
G J LUHRMAN | 32 |
A Sound Like the Gaggling of Geese | 54 |
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