Barbara M. H. Strang
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Barbara M. H. Strang is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Modern English & Early Modern English. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 5 publications.
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage.
TL;DR: The effect of this disease, now endemic on both sides of the Atlantic, is to make the patient write such sentences as Participation by the men in the control of the industry is non-existent instead of The men have no part in the controlled industry ; early expectation of a vacancy is indicated by the firm instead of the firm say they expect to have a vacancy soon; The availability of this material is diminishing instead of This material is getting scarcer; A cessation of dredging has taken place instead of Dredging has stopped; Was this the realization of an anticipated liability? instead of
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