Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 Seiten |
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... things which have been deliberately left out of this small volume would have made a big book . When we reflect that of every hundred boys and girls now learning English Grammar probably not more than one will ever read a page of any ...
... things which have been deliberately left out of this small volume would have made a big book . When we reflect that of every hundred boys and girls now learning English Grammar probably not more than one will ever read a page of any ...
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... things . Let us picture to ourselves the influence which a missionary settle- ment would have to - day upon the language of a tribe of African savages . From the Christian teachers they would borrow such words as bible , hymn - book ...
... things . Let us picture to ourselves the influence which a missionary settle- ment would have to - day upon the language of a tribe of African savages . From the Christian teachers they would borrow such words as bible , hymn - book ...
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... things rendered the old vocabulary inadequate , and the fashionable study of classical authors showed where fresh words were to be found . For one who has learnt a little Latin , it is an easy matter to identify a Fourth - Period word ...
... things rendered the old vocabulary inadequate , and the fashionable study of classical authors showed where fresh words were to be found . For one who has learnt a little Latin , it is an easy matter to identify a Fourth - Period word ...
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... things nearest and dearest to us , the things which we have known from our childhood , are of English origin . Father and mother , house and home , rain , wind , day , night , sun , moon , —these are English words . And hence it is that ...
... things nearest and dearest to us , the things which we have known from our childhood , are of English origin . Father and mother , house and home , rain , wind , day , night , sun , moon , —these are English words . And hence it is that ...
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... things of every - day life , that there is safety in laying down the rule , at any rate for them , that the English word should always be taken , and the Latin word should be left . The habit of saying ' Allow me to assist you to ...
... things of every - day life , that there is safety in laying down the rule , at any rate for them , that the English word should always be taken , and the Latin word should be left . The habit of saying ' Allow me to assist you to ...
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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