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    <title>guide to the English language</title>
    <subTitle>its history, development, and use</subTitle>
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    <namePart>O'Neill, H. C.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Agate, Dendy.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Alexander, Henry</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1890-</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>T.C. &amp; E.C. Jack</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1915</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
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    <extent>viii, 455 p. ; 24 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>pt. 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.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Written by Dendy Agate ... Henry Alexander ... [and others] under the editorship of H. C. O'Neill.</note>
  <note>Bibliography: p. [436]-437.</note>
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    <topic>English language</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Style, Literary</topic>
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