The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1897 - 288 Seiten |
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... past tenses of verbs . The ordinary way of making plurals is to add -s to the singular . Now s is a surd mute . Add s to a noun ending in a surd sound , e.g. pat , and the ... past tense of verbs when an 48 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... past tenses of verbs . The ordinary way of making plurals is to add -s to the singular . Now s is a surd mute . Add s to a noun ending in a surd sound , e.g. pat , and the ... past tense of verbs when an 48 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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... past tense as if it were written with a surd t , walkt . The same thing happens with such words as slap , hiss , cuff , in which we write slapped , hissed , cuffed , but give these forms the sound of slapt , hisst , cufft . ( 2 ) Our ...
... past tense as if it were written with a surd t , walkt . The same thing happens with such words as slap , hiss , cuff , in which we write slapped , hissed , cuffed , but give these forms the sound of slapt , hisst , cufft . ( 2 ) Our ...
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... past tense . Again , -er in taller denotes the presence of a quality in a greater degree than is implied by tall : it is a sign of comparison . Again , -ess in authoress denotes that the person to whom the name is applied is a female ...
... past tense . Again , -er in taller denotes the presence of a quality in a greater degree than is implied by tall : it is a sign of comparison . Again , -ess in authoress denotes that the person to whom the name is applied is a female ...
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Alfred Slater West. English verbs contain only two simple tenses in the Indica- tive and Subjunctive moods , namely , the Present and the Past Indefinite . The verb to be possesses a fairly complete set of distinct forms in the two tenses ...
Alfred Slater West. English verbs contain only two simple tenses in the Indica- tive and Subjunctive moods , namely , the Present and the Past Indefinite . The verb to be possesses a fairly complete set of distinct forms in the two tenses ...
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... tenses of the Indicative , and others which differ , differ only in the form of ... tense - form in question an equivalent expression compounded with the verb ... past . A verb , with the action which it denotes thus limited or restricted ...
... tenses of the Indicative , and others which differ , differ only in the form of ... tense - form in question an equivalent expression compounded with the verb ... past . A verb , with the action which it denotes thus limited or restricted ...
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action Adjuncts adverb alphabet antecedent applied apposition assertion auxiliary verbs Britons called CHAPTER complete Complex Sentence compound conjugation conjunction consonants construction dative denote derivation diphthongal distinction employed ending English Grammar English language English origin equivalent Etymology examples express feminine following sentences following words French gender genitive German Gerund Give Greek horse illustrate Imperative Mood Indefinite indicative Indirect Object infinitive mood 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 preposition present principal clause pronunciation relation relative pronoun represented Roman sentence contains signifies Sing singular sometimes sonant speak speech stands Strong Verbs subjunctive mood subordinate clause suffix superlative surd syllable Syntax Teutonic thou tive town transitive verb voice vowel vowel sounds Weak Verbs write written