The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1897 - 288 Seiten |
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... , save the hopeless residuum who ' have taken the whole of science ' for their aversion , -while he sketches for them the gradual growth of our language , or talks over with them the difference between Common and Proper nouns , vi PREFACE .
... , save the hopeless residuum who ' have taken the whole of science ' for their aversion , -while he sketches for them the gradual growth of our language , or talks over with them the difference between Common and Proper nouns , vi PREFACE .
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Alfred Slater West. with them the difference between Common and Proper nouns , or tells them the derivation of curious words like liquorice , or treacle , or rhubarb , or supplies them with faulty sentences which are to be pulled to ...
Alfred Slater West. with them the difference between Common and Proper nouns , or tells them the derivation of curious words like liquorice , or treacle , or rhubarb , or supplies them with faulty sentences which are to be pulled to ...
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... common property of all who choose to write upon the subject . My cordial thanks are due to several Cambridge friends for criticisms and suggestions which have enabled me to improve in many respects the original draft of this book ...
... common property of all who choose to write upon the subject . My cordial thanks are due to several Cambridge friends for criticisms and suggestions which have enabled me to improve in many respects the original draft of this book ...
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... common enemy , they called themselves ' Englishmen . ' If the use of the word leads people to think that the ' Anglo - Saxons ' were of a different race from ourselves , it will be well to drop the term . If on the other hand it is ...
... common enemy , they called themselves ' Englishmen . ' If the use of the word leads people to think that the ' Anglo - Saxons ' were of a different race from ourselves , it will be well to drop the term . If on the other hand it is ...
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... common - place notions about 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 ...
... common - place notions about 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 ...
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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