English is the study of the English language. The goal is to improve communication skills by practicing listening, speaking, reading, writing, and understanding language rules like pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar.
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The sea waves continue to ____________ the cliff on the west coast constantly.
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We have been living peacefully here but _____ hear rumours of war?
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I am looking _____ seeing your family.
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_____ are good friends
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The school will _____ for Easter in another six weeks
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Lantana dwelt in a ruined cottage on the hillside.
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Father Francis thanked God for the abundance of blessings his family received.
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Animals in _____ behave differently from animals living in the natural habitat
Options:This book consist of lectures given by me at Cambridge. Though they have been largely rewritten, I have kept a good deal of their original lecture-form, as being (I hope) rather less formal and less dogmatic. For to dogmatism, those who write on language seem, for some reason, particularly prone; and I should like to make clear at once that, if at times I have put my view strongly, I do not forget that such matters of taste must remain mere matters of opinion.
In addition I have included a good many specimen passages from various authors. Perhaps I have quoted too much. But a book on style without abundant examples seems to me as ineffectual as a book on art, or biology without abundant illustrations. Many of these passages are in French. That may be Gallomanian on my part and I must apologize if they trouble some readers. But some ability to read French prose does seem to me most desirable for anyone who would write well in English. I have tried to choose pieces not too difficult in syntax or vocabulary. And in these days less than ever can we afford to be better insular.
In the author's opinion, a book on style Options: