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... less familiar , less plebeian , less vulgar , less improper ' ( H. Fowler , Modern Eng- lish Usage , 1926 ) . Such a substitution is tummy for belly . Genteelisms are gener- ally euphemisms used for evasive ' polite ' purposes , such as ...
... less familiar , less plebeian , less vulgar , less improper ' ( H. Fowler , Modern Eng- lish Usage , 1926 ) . Such a substitution is tummy for belly . Genteelisms are gener- ally euphemisms used for evasive ' polite ' purposes , such as ...
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... less obvious figurative extensions of ordi- nary uses . Expressions used to gloss them are often more formal , less direct , and less emotive , as with : bring down or defeat ( a government ) , bring in or introduce ( a new law ) ...
... less obvious figurative extensions of ordi- nary uses . Expressions used to gloss them are often more formal , less direct , and less emotive , as with : bring down or defeat ( a government ) , bring in or introduce ( a new law ) ...
Strona 747
... ( less wine , the least fuel possible ) , and many people re- gard this as the only acceptable usage in standard English . However , widely throughout the English - speaking world less and least are used with countable nouns ( less people ...
... ( less wine , the least fuel possible ) , and many people re- gard this as the only acceptable usage in standard English . However , widely throughout the English - speaking world less and least are used with countable nouns ( less people ...
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