... Ernest Gowers, Oxford, 1965) NEB The New English Bible (Oxford and Cambridge, 1970) ODWE TheOxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors (Oxford, 1981) OED TheOxford English Dictionary (Oxford, 1933) ... Tess's Father Christmas's Thomas's To form the plural possessive, they add an apostrophe to the s of the plural in the normal way, e.g. bosses' the octopuses' tentacles the ... speeches put into the mouths of characters in novels, and hence no censure of the style of the author is implied. The aim is to illustrate the varieties of usage and to display the best, thereby making...
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... by OxfordUniversity Press, Inc.Published by OxfordUniversity Press, Inc.198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of OxfordUniversity Press All ... erosion. The speed of the horse, in otherwords, allows the Amish to pay attention to the minute particulars oftheir farm and how they farm. By a similar logic, he waits to cut hayuntil the bobolinks ... operates at the speed of the horse and the sun. Because theyfarm with horses, they aren’t tempted to farm large amounts of land.Farming with horses, in other words, serves as a brake to the tempta-tion...
... erosion. The speed of the horse, in otherwords, allows the Amish to pay attention to the minute particulars oftheir farm and how they farm. By a similar logic, he waits to cut hayuntil the bobolinks ... operates at the speed of the horse and the sun. Because theyfarm with horses, they aren’t tempted to farm large amounts of land.Farming with horses, in other words, serves as a brake to the tempta-tion ... bobolinks in the field have fledged. The loss in protein con-tent in the hay he believes is more than compensated by the health of the place and the pleasure derived from having birds on the farm.46...
... pain, as they say, and didnot seem to notice the problem, nor did the dozen or so men, simi-larly anesthetized, standing around the pickup trucks at the edge of the field. Believing the lack ... scientists—for the sake of profit, fame, or just the sheer fun of it—to create machineswith the potential to displace the rest of us and our children? Whohas given them the right to threaten the existence ... children by persistent toxins, the destruction ofrural communities, and the growing disparity between the rich and the poor. They cannot find the wherewithal to defend the public in-terest in matters...
... further possibilities for rethinking the process, substance,and goals of education. If so, the center will exist as an island on acampus that mirrors the larger culture. On the other hand, the ... information about their work. In a second submittal appli-cants would describe the mentors with whom they wish to spendtime, the reasons for doing so, and the nature of the final product oftheir journey. ... held things together. You were a rock throughout the en-tire effort. For that and for all of the late-night trips to Oberlin, the untold hours of work on the landscape design and on the entire proj-ect—thank...
... Evolution, they say, works by re-placement of the inferior by the superior, and these researchersunabashedly regard themselves as the agents of evolution with a man-date to create the next stage ... mystery. They are, in other words, spiritually impoverished.Because humans cannot live without meaning, the result is that theirsearch for meaning, bereft of the possibility for authentic expression,can ... validity. We must honour with the humility of the wise the bounds of that natural world and the mystery which liesbeyond them, admitting that there is something in the order of beingwhich evidently...
... WORDS THAT GO TOGETHER(5 MARKS)Match the sets of words on the left with the words on the right. All three words orphrases in each set must go with the word on the right. See the example.1 holdchair ... As the hotel manager you want the visitor to return.What can you offer the visitor in the future?4 Write a letter to the visitor or telephone the visitor. Explain the problems andoffer the ... information about: the price of single and double rooms the distance to the centre of the city the restaurant the distance to the airport3 Telephone the company Officeware to buy a computer desk. Ask...