The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1901 - 304 Seiten |
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... express his thoughts as anybody else , and he said all that he had to say with about 15,000 words . Milton needed only half that number . An educated man of to - day has a vocabulary of some five or six thousand words . Two thousand ...
... express his thoughts as anybody else , and he said all that he had to say with about 15,000 words . Milton needed only half that number . An educated man of to - day has a vocabulary of some five or six thousand words . Two thousand ...
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... express the passage in words of English origin . Thus the Latin element in a man's style will vary according to his subject . If he is writing on a philosophical subject , the proportion of Latin words must necessarily be high , because ...
... express the passage in words of English origin . Thus the Latin element in a man's style will vary according to his subject . If he is writing on a philosophical subject , the proportion of Latin words must necessarily be high , because ...
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... express his meaning . The other words in his sentences are for the most part English and must be English , since about these no choice is possible . It is sometimes said that we ought always to use an English word instead of a Latin ...
... express his meaning . The other words in his sentences are for the most part English and must be English , since about these no choice is possible . It is sometimes said that we ought always to use an English word instead of a Latin ...
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... express the complex ideas of science , we fall back on Greek to supply our needs . Telephone , microscope , ther- mometer , photograph , are examples of Greek compounds , and , if we translate these words into their English equivalents ...
... express the complex ideas of science , we fall back on Greek to supply our needs . Telephone , microscope , ther- mometer , photograph , are examples of Greek compounds , and , if we translate these words into their English equivalents ...
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... express the ideas of the people who use it . In what respects would English be deficient without its Latin or Greek element ? On the other hand , there is a risk that the synonyms of a mixed vocabulary may land a speaker or writer in ...
... express the ideas of the people who use it . In what respects would English be deficient without its Latin or Greek element ? On the other hand , there is a risk that the synonyms of a mixed vocabulary may land a speaker or writer in ...
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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