The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1893 - 288 Seiten |
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... present libraries of English works for purposes of research would soon over- come the difficulties of our present spelling well enough to read existing books . But the system stands no chance of being adopted because of two obstacles in ...
... present libraries of English works for purposes of research would soon over- come the difficulties of our present spelling well enough to read existing books . But the system stands no chance of being adopted because of two obstacles in ...
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... Present and the Past Indefinite . The verb to be possesses a fairly complete set of distinct forms in the two tenses of these moods , but in other verbs a difference of inflexion is seen only in the 2nd and 3rd persons singular of the ...
... Present and the Past Indefinite . The verb to be possesses a fairly complete set of distinct forms in the two tenses of these moods , but in other verbs a difference of inflexion is seen only in the 2nd and 3rd persons singular of the ...
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... Present , Past , or Future . So far therefore as the time alone of an action is taken into account , we shall have three Tenses : I write , I wrote , I shall write . But tense marks not only the time at which the action is described as ...
... Present , Past , or Future . So far therefore as the time alone of an action is taken into account , we shall have three Tenses : I write , I wrote , I shall write . But tense marks not only the time at which the action is described as ...
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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