01781cam a22002531  45000010008000000030008000080050017000160080041000330100017000740350019000910400037001100420012001470500016001592450173001752600050003483000025003985040032004235050957004556500022014126500021014347000025014557000018014807000029014985899080BD-DhUL20161205162102.0781009s1915    xx       b    001 0 eng    a   15022568   a(OCoLC)4281610  aDLCcOClWdOCoLCdOCoLCdBD-DhUL  apremarc00aPE1091b.G802aA guide to the English language:bits history, development, and use.cWritten by Dendy Agate ... Henry Alexander ... [and others] under the editorship of H. C. O'Neill.  aLondon:aEdinburgh,bT.C. & E.C. Jack,c1915.  aviii, 455 p.c24 cm.  aBibliography: p. [436]-437.0 apt. 1. The composition of the English language: The history of the English language, by A. K. Gray and D. Agate; English philology, by H. Alexander; The English alphabet and orthography, by A. K. Gray; Doublets, by R. Edwards; English grammar, by D. Agate.--pt. 2. Vocabulary: General principles, by E. B. Maye; Enlargement of vocabulary, by E. B. Maye; A dictionary of synonyms, by A. K. Gray; Errors in vocabulary, by E. B. Maye.--pt. 3. Style: Composition and style, by E. Classen; Kinds of composition, by A. E. Stirling; Synopsis of classical English literature, by R. Edwards; Folk poetry, by A. S. Neill; Familiar quotations, by A. K. Gray.--pt. 4. Miscellaneous: Prosody, by R. Edwards; Translation, by H. Alexander; Paraphrasing, Précis writing, by R. Edwards; Letter-writing, Forms of address, Bibliography: use of dictionaries, by H. Alexander; Preparation of ms. for the printer; Foreign words and phrases, by H. Alexander; Abbreviations. 0aEnglish language. 0aStyle, Literary.1 aO'Neill, H. C.,eed.1 aAgate, Dendy.1 aAlexander, Henry,d1890-