Notes on the Composition of Scientific PapersMacmillan and Company, limited; New York, The Macmillan Company, 1904 - 154 strán (strany) |
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... present purpose is to instruct the candidate on minor points , that he may be spared the smaller corrections which occupy some of the time and pains which are better spent upon the weightier contents of theses submitted for the Acts for ...
... present purpose is to instruct the candidate on minor points , that he may be spared the smaller corrections which occupy some of the time and pains which are better spent upon the weightier contents of theses submitted for the Acts for ...
Strana 26
... is bounded by past and present " ; but at any rate let there be no ambiguity up to the place of taking off into the " noble dimness " : by repeated and instructed effort we may learn to set 26 CHAP . SCIENTIFIC PAPERS.
... is bounded by past and present " ; but at any rate let there be no ambiguity up to the place of taking off into the " noble dimness " : by repeated and instructed effort we may learn to set 26 CHAP . SCIENTIFIC PAPERS.
Strana 47
... present participle as it is bewildering as a proposition . When the participle changes the tense of the sentence there is a double error or ambiguity ; e.g. All attempts at cure , such as killing the parasite in the lungs , were in vain ...
... present participle as it is bewildering as a proposition . When the participle changes the tense of the sentence there is a double error or ambiguity ; e.g. All attempts at cure , such as killing the parasite in the lungs , were in vain ...
Strana 50
... present . ' one nor the other were ( was ) there . ' Gout as well ' Neither the ' The outline of the breastbone is altered , as are also some of the ribs ' ( for ' as is also that of some of the ribs ' ) . Even in careful writing a ...
... present . ' one nor the other were ( was ) there . ' Gout as well ' Neither the ' The outline of the breastbone is altered , as are also some of the ribs ' ( for ' as is also that of some of the ribs ' ) . Even in careful writing a ...
Strana 56
... present and future ; to put them in a past tense is to suggest that even the speaker had no faith in their constancy . Let us suppose the speaker to say that he mixed such and such substances in a phial , that he put the phial under ...
... present and future ; to put them in a past tense is to suggest that even the speaker had no faith in their constancy . Let us suppose the speaker to say that he mixed such and such substances in a phial , that he put the phial under ...
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abstract adjective adverb alliteration argument assonance become beginning better candidate for M.D. chapter clauses comma common composition convenient correct deflexion disease doubt effective emphatic empyema Encyclopædia Britannica English entity error essay essayist example facts false faults following sentence frequent hand Henry Sidgwick hypothesis instance kind Lady Welby language Latin less logical long sentence loose lucid matter Matthew Arnold meaning metaphor mind nature nosological notion noun noun substantive observed pains paragraph patient pedantry period periodic sentence person phrases physician poetry precision pronoun proper proposition quotations rarely reader redundant revision rhythm scarcely scientific papers scientific prose seems seen semicolon sense Sir Thomas Browne slang slips slovenly speak speech Split Infinitive stops student style Subjunctive mood suspensions tautology tell theory thesis things thought tion truth vera causa verb vide watercress words write written
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