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How to Speak and Write Correctly by Joseph Devlin
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"I judged that they would (mutually) find each other."--_Crockett_.

"....as having created a (joint) partnership between the two Powers in
the Morocco question."--_The Times_.

"The only sensible position (there seems to be) is to frankly acknowledge
our ignorance of what lies beyond."--_Daily Telegraph_.

"Lord Rosebery has not budged from his position--splendid, no doubt,--of
(lonely) isolation."--_The Times_.

"Miss Fox was (often) in the habit of assuring Mrs. Chick."--_Dickens_.

"The deck (it) was their field of fame."--_Campbell_.

"He had come up one morning, as was now (frequently) his wont,"
--_Trollope_.

The counsellors of the Sultan (continue to) remain sceptical
--_The Times_.

Seriously, (and apart from jesting), this is no light matter.--_Bagehot_.

To go back to your own country with (the consciousness that you go back
with) the sense of duty well done.--_Lord Halsbury_.

The _Peresviet_ lost both her fighting-tops and (in appearance)
looked the most damaged of all the ships--_The Times_.

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