Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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Pagina 69
... hope : which would be a triumph of hope over experience . In the new sense the sentence could mean that the writer hopes , or we all hope , or somebody hopes that the rain will stop , or the other side will declare , or England will ...
... hope : which would be a triumph of hope over experience . In the new sense the sentence could mean that the writer hopes , or we all hope , or somebody hopes that the rain will stop , or the other side will declare , or England will ...
Pagina 71
... hope ; it is hoped ; it is to be hoped . ' Ask any self - important politician when he expects something to happen , and you can bet a verbal particle to a volume of the OED that his reply will start : ' Hopefully . . . ' It is ...
... hope ; it is hoped ; it is to be hoped . ' Ask any self - important politician when he expects something to happen , and you can bet a verbal particle to a volume of the OED that his reply will start : ' Hopefully . . . ' It is ...
Pagina 73
... hope this approach will be acceptable to members . ' The ' hopefully ' in the first sentence expresses a general hope , attributed by the writer to the committee as a whole ; or even a general assessment of probability : ' It is likely ...
... hope this approach will be acceptable to members . ' The ' hopefully ' in the first sentence expresses a general hope , attributed by the writer to the committee as a whole ; or even a general assessment of probability : ' It is likely ...
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academic acronym adjective adverb American auto-antonyms band-wagon become better Bible bird British English Brownie called century classics cliché coined collision common cowboy describe Dictionary editor English language eponymous etymology example fashionable free lunch French fudge grammar gravy train Greek hope hopefully hype idiolect idiom Indian English ivory tower jargon journalists journos lady Latin linguistic living look Lord marbles mean metaphor modern Naafi naff never nice noun origin Oxford Oxford English Dictionary paradox Pathetic Fallacy person Phil Mahre phrase political politicians popular prodigal pronounced pronunciation quotation quotes Received Pronunciation recent refer reflexive reflexive pronouns rubbish sengreen sense sentence silly slang social sounds spelling Teddy television term Thatcher thing tion Tommy Handley translation twerp unicorn United Kingdom usage verb vocabulary vogue wally weasel word White Knight woman write wrong wrote
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