The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1897 - 288 Seiten |
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... definition lacks completeness , logical accuracy being sacrificed to intelligibility ; and that the details of early English accidence have been inserted only when modern forms would be inexplicable without them . There are elementary ...
... definition lacks completeness , logical accuracy being sacrificed to intelligibility ; and that the details of early English accidence have been inserted only when modern forms would be inexplicable without them . There are elementary ...
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... Definitions of Grammatical Terms . Appendix II . Passages for Analysis • Index • PAGE 1 21 • 29 36 53 61 68 78 84 91 · 100 108 • 114 129 135 164 171 177 182 189 197 217 228 240 254 269 275 283 THE ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR . CHAPTER I ...
... Definitions of Grammatical Terms . Appendix II . Passages for Analysis • Index • PAGE 1 21 • 29 36 53 61 68 78 84 91 · 100 108 • 114 129 135 164 171 177 182 189 197 217 228 240 254 269 275 283 THE ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR . CHAPTER I ...
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... define it therefore as the Science which treats of words and their correct use . It contains the following departments , -Orthoëpy , Or- thography , Etymology , and Syntax . Orthoëpy deals with the correct pronunciation of words ...
... define it therefore as the Science which treats of words and their correct use . It contains the following departments , -Orthoëpy , Or- thography , Etymology , and Syntax . Orthoëpy deals with the correct pronunciation of words ...
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... definition of a noun suggests a few remarks . I. Guard against the not uncommon blunder of confusing the noun and the thing . The noun is the name of the thing . The paper on which this book is printed is a thing , not a noun : the word ...
... definition of a noun suggests a few remarks . I. Guard against the not uncommon blunder of confusing the noun and the thing . The noun is the name of the thing . The paper on which this book is printed is a thing , not a noun : the word ...
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... define these three classes of nouns thus : We may A Common Noun is one which can be applied to an indefinite number of things in the same sense . A Singular Noun is one which cannot be ap- plied to more than one thing in the same sense ...
... define these three classes of nouns thus : We may A Common Noun is one which can be applied to an indefinite number of things in the same sense . A Singular Noun is one which cannot be ap- plied to more than one thing in the same sense ...
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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