The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1897 - 288 Seiten |
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... sentence contains eighteen words . Of these eighteen , only two are of Latin origin , the words use and Latin . All the rest are native English . Two in eighteen is a trifle over 11 per cent . By way of contrast let us examine a sentence ...
... sentence contains eighteen words . Of these eighteen , only two are of Latin origin , the words use and Latin . All the rest are native English . Two in eighteen is a trifle over 11 per cent . By way of contrast let us examine a sentence ...
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... sentence ten words long without using a single native English word , for the English words are the mortar , so to speak , by which the sentence is bound together . Take these words away , and the sentence tumbles to pieces . Take away ...
... sentence ten words long without using a single native English word , for the English words are the mortar , so to speak , by which the sentence is bound together . Take these words away , and the sentence tumbles to pieces . Take away ...
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... sentence reads as if it were taken from the pages of a third - rate novelist . On the other hand , the extract from Matthew Arnold abounds in Latin words , because he is dealing with a scientific subject and resorts to scientific ...
... sentence reads as if it were taken from the pages of a third - rate novelist . On the other hand , the extract from Matthew Arnold abounds in Latin words , because he is dealing with a scientific subject and resorts to scientific ...
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... sentences , and then we can describe what is the relation in which each word in the sentence stands to the rest . The part of grammar which treats of words when they are regarded in their relation to other words , — of words when they ...
... sentences , and then we can describe what is the relation in which each word in the sentence stands to the rest . The part of grammar which treats of words when they are regarded in their relation to other words , — of words when they ...
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... sentence . Accent has exercised an influence in producing some of the changes mentioned above . The word episcopus was cut down to bishop , and procuracy to proxy , as we said , to economise labour , but it was owing to the fact that ...
... sentence . Accent has exercised an influence in producing some of the changes mentioned above . The word episcopus was cut down to bishop , and procuracy to proxy , as we said , to economise labour , but it was owing to the fact that ...
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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