The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1893 - 288 Seiten |
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... Language tell us that these Aryans lived in towns , kept cattle , ploughed the ground , used metals , made boats , could count up to a hundred , recognised family relations , and had various names for God . And the line of argument by ...
... Language tell us that these Aryans lived in towns , kept cattle , ploughed the ground , used metals , made boats , could count up to a hundred , recognised family relations , and had various names for God . And the line of argument by ...
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... language : its words have been borrowed from many different sources . 29. Two groups of European languages remain to complete the list of stocks into which the European members of the Aryan family are divided : these are the Slavonic ...
... language : its words have been borrowed from many different sources . 29. Two groups of European languages remain to complete the list of stocks into which the European members of the Aryan family are divided : these are the Slavonic ...
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... language as we have it now ; we have marked those events in the history of our island which produced important effects upon our language ; and we have shown the relationship of English to other members of the same family of languages ...
... language as we have it now ; we have marked those events in the history of our island which produced important effects upon our language ; and we have shown the relationship of English to other members of the same family of languages ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
Constituents of the English Vocabulary | 9 |
Etymology | 61 |
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action Adjuncts adverb alphabet antecedent applied apposition auxiliary verbs Britons called CHAPTER complete Complex Sentence compound conjugation conjunction consonants construction dative denote derivation diphthongal distinction employed ending English Grammar English language English origin equivalent Etymology examples express feminine following sentences French gender genitive German Gerund Give Greek horse illustrate Imperative Mood indicative Indirect Object infinitive mood inflected inflexion Intransitive Keltic language Latin words letters limiting mark meaning modern English neuter Norman noun or pronoun noun-clause occur Old English Parse passive Past Participle Past Tense person phrase Pleonasm plural possessive Predicate preposition present principal clause pronunciation relation relative pronoun represented Roman sentence contains signifies simple Sing singular sometimes sonant speak speech stands Strong Verbs subjunctive mood subordinate clause suffix superlative surd syllable Syntax Teutonic thou tion tive town transitive verb vowel vowel sounds Weak Verbs write written