The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1897 - 288 Seiten |
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... give 50,000 as the number , others 100,000 , others 150,000 . These startling discrepancies do not imply any incapacity to count correctly on the part of the people who furnish the estimates ; they arise from a difference of opinion as ...
... give 50,000 as the number , others 100,000 , others 150,000 . These startling discrepancies do not imply any incapacity to count correctly on the part of the people who furnish the estimates ; they arise from a difference of opinion as ...
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Alfred Slater West. agricultural labourer . We give these numbers by conjecture , but pro- bably they are not very wide of the mark . At any rate we may safely say this , that for every word which the best educated man makes use of ...
Alfred Slater West. agricultural labourer . We give these numbers by conjecture , but pro- bably they are not very wide of the mark . At any rate we may safely say this , that for every word which the best educated man makes use of ...
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... give you some potatoes ' ; of using ' period ' or ' epoch ' instead of ' time ' ; ' indi- vidual ' instead of ' man ' ; ' commence ' instead of ' begin , ' and so on , is detestable1 . 21. III . Greek words in English . The Greek ...
... give you some potatoes ' ; of using ' period ' or ' epoch ' instead of ' time ' ; ' indi- vidual ' instead of ' man ' ; ' commence ' instead of ' begin , ' and so on , is detestable1 . 21. III . Greek words in English . The Greek ...
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... Give the pairs of derivatives : —fragilis , pœnitentia , securus , pauper , conceptio . 3. What other forms have we of the words privy , royal , story , blame ? Which of the forms came into the language first ? Why do you think so ? 4 ...
... Give the pairs of derivatives : —fragilis , pœnitentia , securus , pauper , conceptio . 3. What other forms have we of the words privy , royal , story , blame ? Which of the forms came into the language first ? Why do you think so ? 4 ...
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... Give instances of words introduced at each period . 6. Give the words of English origin in common use which most nearly answer to the following : -expansion , construction , ridiculous , fortitude , depression , depart , transgression ...
... Give instances of words introduced at each period . 6. Give the words of English origin in common use which most nearly answer to the following : -expansion , construction , ridiculous , fortitude , depression , depart , transgression ...
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