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    referredtothesequalitiesoftheenglishlanguagebypointingtoitsloveof

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    authorityojitheenglishlanguage,ibegtodifferonapointhesexes.

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    heights.theeselanguageandgraarshoinilybecausethe

    language,initsforsyntaxandvocabulary,revealsaresilicityof

    thinking,nageryandenoofsyntacticalrelationships.

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    roundabout”youe,ifhees,andhe.e,ifyoue.”in

    faoon,indeansenglish,quotes

    anenglishsorsetfarrastestifyingbeforethejudge:”hedastidheda

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    thesandthattheenglishlanguageyonedaybeeassensibleand

    clearastheese,throughtheinfluenceofpidgin.

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    ed”ifidontnotshallnot

    ebaightand”ifnotshallbreakoutweek.”

    jespersenalreadyntionssuplicityinenglishas”first

    e,firstserved”nocure,nopay,””oen,tandard

    pidgin.theyarebeginningtodropthe”,”too”o”.

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    eastheeofaejade.”thishasabearing

    ontheirlackoianalytiking.

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    ananalyticalstudyofthevocabularyofenauthors.theanalytical,statistical

    thouch

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    differedifferenceofdegreebetdegreesofdifferendnodifference3otbeexactlyreproduese,andaesetranslatorwould

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    substituteexpressionlosesindefinitioness,butgainsinintelligibility.to

    say,”hoentalprocesses”isnotsointelligibleas”how

    uldiknoind”,andthisintuisdecidedlyless

    affectivethantheese”aatapeinhisbelly”

    esethought,therefore,alainsontheperipheryofthevisibleworld,and

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    usuallyrequiresharplydefier.iheesealost

    expressivenasfordifferentthereare

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