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... language . One can never know it too well , and one's whole life is hardly long enough to master it . Few are those who will continue indefinitely to study it , but at least the schools of every grade ought to give their pupils a far ...
... language . One can never know it too well , and one's whole life is hardly long enough to master it . Few are those who will continue indefinitely to study it , but at least the schools of every grade ought to give their pupils a far ...
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... language . However large the number of languages ( it is almost endless ) , the number of the greater languages of those which one might call , because of their wide diffusion , the world languages — is relatively small , say , five or ...
... language . However large the number of languages ( it is almost endless ) , the number of the greater languages of those which one might call , because of their wide diffusion , the world languages — is relatively small , say , five or ...
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... language . When our vocabulary is sufficiently large and fluent , it helps us to solve grammatical difficulties almost uncon- sciously . We do not need an international language of the same kind as our natural languages , for these ...
... language . When our vocabulary is sufficiently large and fluent , it helps us to solve grammatical difficulties almost uncon- sciously . We do not need an international language of the same kind as our natural languages , for these ...
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