The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1893 - 288 Seiten |
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... words are all native English : the Latin element is altogether absent . Now , how is it that the dictionary proportion of Latin words in English and the proportion in use are so different ? Because ( 1 ) in the dictionary every word ...
... words are all native English : the Latin element is altogether absent . Now , how is it that the dictionary proportion of Latin words in English and the proportion in use are so different ? Because ( 1 ) in the dictionary every word ...
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... words of foreign extraction . The question may be asked , —What are these words for , if we never use them ? Vast numbers of them are words of what we call a technical character ; they belong to different arts and crafts and sciences ...
... words of foreign extraction . The question may be asked , —What are these words for , if we never use them ? Vast numbers of them are words of what we call a technical character ; they belong to different arts and crafts and sciences ...
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... word . Emphasis is the stress laid upon a word or words in a sentence . Accent has exercised an influence in producing some of the changes mentioned above . The word episcopus was cut down to bishop , and procuracy to proxy , as we said ...
... word . Emphasis is the stress laid upon a word or words in a sentence . Accent has exercised an influence in producing some of the changes mentioned above . The word episcopus was cut down to bishop , and procuracy to proxy , as we said ...
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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