The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1897 - 288 Seiten |
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... perfect alphabet , it would fulfil these two conditions : 1. Every simple or elementary sound would have a separate sign : 2. No such sound would have more than one sign . And then , if we always used our perfect alphabet con- sistently ...
... perfect alphabet , it would fulfil these two conditions : 1. Every simple or elementary sound would have a separate sign : 2. No such sound would have more than one sign . And then , if we always used our perfect alphabet con- sistently ...
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... perfect alphabet of forty - two letters with which to represent the forty - two simple sounds in our language . 57. A phonetic system would be of immense advantage in saving the time which we spend during our early life in learning how ...
... perfect alphabet of forty - two letters with which to represent the forty - two simple sounds in our language . 57. A phonetic system would be of immense advantage in saving the time which we spend during our early life in learning how ...
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... perfect , if literally used cannot be compared . When we say " This glass is emptier than that , ' ' Yours is a more perfect specimen , ' we are evidently employing the words INFLEXION OF ADJECTIVES . 109.
... perfect , if literally used cannot be compared . When we say " This glass is emptier than that , ' ' Yours is a more perfect specimen , ' we are evidently employing the words INFLEXION OF ADJECTIVES . 109.
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Alfred Slater West. perfect specimen , ' we are evidently employing the words empty and perfect in an inexact sense . ( ii ) The adjective may denote the presence of a quality which does not vary in its amount : e.g. wooden , circular ...
Alfred Slater West. perfect specimen , ' we are evidently employing the words empty and perfect in an inexact sense . ( ii ) The adjective may denote the presence of a quality which does not vary in its amount : e.g. wooden , circular ...
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... perfect tenses therefore are not passive , though they look as if they were . In ' I am injured , ' ' You were beaten , ' the participles injured and beaten are passive : in ' I am come , ' ' You are arrived , ' the participles come and ...
... perfect tenses therefore are not passive , though they look as if they were . In ' I am injured , ' ' You were beaten , ' the participles injured and beaten are passive : in ' I am come , ' ' You are arrived , ' the participles come and ...
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