Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 Seiten |
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... beating the air , when the use of a concrete example enables him to drive his point home at once . To meet his needs , a good supply of sentences for correction has been added to the concluding chapters PREFACE . vii.
... beating the air , when the use of a concrete example enables him to drive his point home at once . To meet his needs , a good supply of sentences for correction has been added to the concluding chapters PREFACE . vii.
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... examples , while , in consequence of enlarged knowledge owing to extended trade , such words as cheese , cook , linen , poppy , pear , found their way into our language . This Latin is called the Latin of the Second Period . 17. We saw ...
... examples , while , in consequence of enlarged knowledge owing to extended trade , such words as cheese , cook , linen , poppy , pear , found their way into our language . This Latin is called the Latin of the Second Period . 17. We saw ...
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... example of the way in which the language of a country illustrates its 1 Words of French origin introduced between 1250 and 1400 have been called Anglo - French , to mark the fact that they belong to a separate French dialect , developed ...
... example of the way in which the language of a country illustrates its 1 Words of French origin introduced between 1250 and 1400 have been called Anglo - French , to mark the fact that they belong to a separate French dialect , developed ...
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... examples of Greek compounds , and , if we translate these words into their English equivalents , the advantage which we gain from the use of Greek is apparent . 22. IV . Scandinavian words in English . It is not always an easy matter to ...
... examples of Greek compounds , and , if we translate these words into their English equivalents , the advantage which we gain from the use of Greek is apparent . 22. IV . Scandinavian words in English . It is not always an easy matter to ...
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... examples will suggest themselves . Thus punkah or rupee may occur to him as Hindustani words , nankeen or tea as Chinese . A few illus- trations are added of common words borrowed from miscellaneous sources : Modern French - bouquet ...
... examples will suggest themselves . Thus punkah or rupee may occur to him as Hindustani words , nankeen or tea as Chinese . A few illus- trations are added of common words borrowed from miscellaneous sources : Modern French - bouquet ...
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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 infinitive inflexion Intransitive Keltic language Latin words letters limiting mark meaning modern English neuter Norman noun or pronoun occur Old English Parse passive Past Participle Past Tense Periodic Sentences person phrase plural possessive predicate prefix preposition present principal clause pronunciation question reader relative pronoun represented Roman sentence contains signifies Sing singular sometimes sonant sound speak speech Strong Verbs style subjunctive mood subordinate clause suffix superlative surd syllable Syntax Teutonic thing thou town transitive verb vocabulary vowel vowel-sounds write