How To Use definiteness In A Sentence
- All men are prone to believe in such marvels; and it is quite possible, as Niebuhr supposes, that some discoveries of the remains of mammoths and other monstrous forms embedded in the crust of the earth, may have given definiteness and prominency to the Chaldaean notions on this subject. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.
- But the kind of definiteness and consistency introduced depends upon who introduces them. Public Opinion
- We speak of these changes with a peremptory kind of definiteness, as if they had covered no more than the space of a few years. On Compromise
- Breadth of a claim is not to be equated with indefiniteness.
- Finally, about definiteness marking on direct objects Payne tends to call definiteness 'identifiability': Describing morphosyntax, p. Nipping the PIE ergative *-s theory right in the bud
- There is a psychological definiteness which will be described in a subsequent chapter.
- For definiteness, we based our simulation study on a model appropriate for human populations.
- He stated that he liked the structure they had, such as the definiteness in the policies, and knowing if he violated a rule he would be locked in his room.
- 'indefiniteness' and 'general imbecility' of what we had to offer -- all so unworthy a _Bostonian_ audience -- we commenced, and with many interruptions of applause, concluded. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850
- Anxiety is endowed with a certain character of indefiniteness and objectlessness; correct usage even changes its name when it has found an object, and in that case speaks instead of fear.
