The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1897 - 288 Seiten |
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... speech . But to these two questions an answer ought to be given here : ( 1 ) Who were these settlers ? ( 2 ) Where did they come from ? ( 1 ) They were Teutonic tribes . The people , whom we call Germans , call themselves Deutsch . The ...
... speech . But to these two questions an answer ought to be given here : ( 1 ) Who were these settlers ? ( 2 ) Where did they come from ? ( 1 ) They were Teutonic tribes . The people , whom we call Germans , call themselves Deutsch . The ...
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... speech of their Roman conquerors . So the French influence upon our English tongue is really a Latin influence in ... speech of foreigners who had taken our England and made it their own . 11. Other incidents in our history deserve ...
... speech of their Roman conquerors . So the French influence upon our English tongue is really a Latin influence in ... speech of foreigners who had taken our England and made it their own . 11. Other incidents in our history deserve ...
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... speech as it exists to - day , and in the next chapter we shall say something about the character of the words which we owe to these events . I. The original inhabitants of this country were Britons , a Keltic race , speaking a language ...
... speech as it exists to - day , and in the next chapter we shall say something about the character of the words which we owe to these events . I. The original inhabitants of this country were Britons , a Keltic race , speaking a language ...
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... speech are few . Of Keltic names of places there are many , such as Aber- , Pen- , Llan- , Caer- , but geographical names have no claim to be reckoned as a part of our ordinary vocabulary . The English invaders no doubt adopted some of ...
... speech are few . Of Keltic names of places there are many , such as Aber- , Pen- , Llan- , Caer- , but geographical names have no claim to be reckoned as a part of our ordinary vocabulary . The English invaders no doubt adopted some of ...
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... speech , and of those which they did contribute none happened to be of Latin origin . We can trace the effect of Roman occu- pation however in several names of places . When we meet with a word like Don - caster , or Circen - cester ...
... speech , and of those which they did contribute none happened to be of Latin origin . We can trace the effect of Roman occu- pation however in several names of places . When we meet with a word like Don - caster , or Circen - cester ...
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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