The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1901 - 304 Seiten |
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... describing an old man's feeling about his daughter's death , naturally uses an unmixed English diction as best suited to his purpose . How feeble a Latinized paraphrase would sound by the side of the simple English words which go home ...
... describing an old man's feeling about his daughter's death , naturally uses an unmixed English diction as best suited to his purpose . How feeble a Latinized paraphrase would sound by the side of the simple English words which go home ...
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... Comment on their connexion with facts of English history : -Avon , Chester , Grimsby , cloister , cherry , beef , potion , poison . 15. Describe with illustrations the influence of the Celtic and 20 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... Comment on their connexion with facts of English history : -Avon , Chester , Grimsby , cloister , cherry , beef , potion , poison . 15. Describe with illustrations the influence of the Celtic and 20 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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... describe as ' imperfectly naturalized ' a foreign word which retains in English its foreign pronunciation , e.g. ennui . Think of some more examples . ] 22 . How do we obtain names for new ideas and new inventions ? Give instances ...
... describe as ' imperfectly naturalized ' a foreign word which retains in English its foreign pronunciation , e.g. ennui . Think of some more examples . ] 22 . How do we obtain names for new ideas and new inventions ? Give instances ...
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... describe Dutch and Flemish as sister languages of English , and German and Norwegian as its first - cousins . Another stock of considerable interest to us is the Romanic , or Italic , since to this stock belong the Latin , from which we ...
... describe Dutch and Flemish as sister languages of English , and German and Norwegian as its first - cousins . Another stock of considerable interest to us is the Romanic , or Italic , since to this stock belong the Latin , from which we ...
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... describe what is the relation in which each word in the sentence stands to the rest . The part of grammar which treats of words when they are regarded in their relation to other words , — of words when they form parts of groups of other ...
... describe what is the relation in which each word in the sentence stands to the rest . The part of grammar which treats of words when they are regarded in their relation to other words , — of words when they form parts of groups of other ...
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action adjective Adjuncts adverb alphabet antecedent application apposition auxiliary verb called CHAPTER complete Complex Sentence compound conjugation conjunction consonants construction dative denote derivation diphthongs distinction ellipsis employed English Grammar English language English origin English words Etymology examples express feminine following sentences following words French gender genitive German Gerund Give Greek horse illustrate Imperative Mood Indefinite indicative Indirect Object 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 prefix preposition present principal clause pronunciation relative pronoun represented Roman sentence contains signifies Sing singular sometimes sonant sound speak speech stands Strong Verbs subjunctive mood subordinate clause suffix superlative surd syllable Syntax thing thou tive town transitive verb vocabulary vowel vowel-sounds Weak Verbs write