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William Clift’s correspondence with Elizabeth

Posted on December 4, 2012 by verakirsten

While I was preparing for my presentation and working on my paper, I though it would be a good idea to tell a few things about William Clift’s correspondence with his eldest sister Elizabeth. In 1792, William arrived in London … Continue reading →

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The relative pronoun which in the Clift Family Correspondence

Posted on October 30, 2012 by verakirsten

Frances Austin (1985) points out in her paper named Relative Which in Late 18th Century Usage: The Clift Family Correspondence that the relative pronoun which in the eighteenth century was not predominantly used for inanimate objects (pp.15-29). Instead this relative … Continue reading →

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The Clift Family Correspondence

Posted on October 15, 2012 by verakirsten

While I was searching for an interesting topic for my paper, I came across a book named Letter Writing as a Social Practice. I am interested in the Clift family letters and I explicitly want to focus on William Clift’s written interaction (and … Continue reading →

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Examples in letter-writing manuals: real or fiction?

Posted on October 1, 2012 by verakirsten

After our group discussion of last Tuesday, I became interested to know whether or not the exemplary letters in the discussed letter-writing manuals such as The Complete Letter Writer were real or not. Even though my primary impression was that … Continue reading →

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