Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 Seiten |
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... noun , verb , or adjective , when an English noun , verb , or adjective would 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 ...
... noun , verb , or adjective , when an English noun , verb , or adjective would 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 ...
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... noun . If we try the experiment with other nouns ending in sonant letters , e.g. hog , slab , we shall find the same tendency at work to assimi- late the sound of the surd s to the sound of the sonant g or b , causing us to pronounce ...
... noun . If we try the experiment with other nouns ending in sonant letters , e.g. hog , slab , we shall find the same tendency at work to assimi- late the sound of the surd s to the sound of the sonant g or b , causing us to pronounce ...
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... nouns and verbs like áccent and accént , éscort and escort , rébel and rebél , in which the noun has the accent on the ... noun and adjective are thus distinguished . Other examples are given in the Questions at the end of this chapter ...
... nouns and verbs like áccent and accént , éscort and escort , rébel and rebél , in which the noun has the accent on the ... noun and adjective are thus distinguished . Other examples are given in the Questions at the end of this chapter ...
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... noun health stands in a certain relation to the rest of the sentence . Good is an adjective limiting or restricting the meaning of the word health . Health is a noun . Yesterday is an adverb limiting the application of the verb as ...
... noun health stands in a certain relation to the rest of the sentence . Good is an adjective limiting or restricting the meaning of the word health . Health is a noun . Yesterday is an adverb limiting the application of the verb as ...
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... noun into an adjective and talk of an ' iron bar , ' or into a verb and say ' Iron the clothes . ' We can make adjectives into nouns and speak of our equals , or betters , or inferiors . We can manufacture adverbs out of other parts of ...
... noun into an adjective and talk of an ' iron bar , ' or into a verb and say ' Iron the clothes . ' We can make adjectives into nouns and speak of our equals , or betters , or inferiors . We can manufacture adverbs out of other parts of ...
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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