The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1901 - 304 Seiten |
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... object . Thus , if I say ' The Queen opened Parliament , ' the common collective noun parliament has its application narrowed down to one assembly , just as the common noun queen has its application narrowed down to one person ...
... object . Thus , if I say ' The Queen opened Parliament , ' the common collective noun parliament has its application narrowed down to one assembly , just as the common noun queen has its application narrowed down to one person ...
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... objects to which they are applied are male or female . The names of the things around us which are without sex , —and such names form by far the largest portion of the nouns in our vocabulary , are said to be of neuter gender , i.e. of ...
... objects to which they are applied are male or female . The names of the things around us which are without sex , —and such names form by far the largest portion of the nouns in our vocabulary , are said to be of neuter gender , i.e. of ...
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... objects as if they were endowed with life and sex . Things associated with the idea of strength or destructive- ness ... object . 84 . Gender is the form of a noun or pronoun W. E. G. 6 corresponding in English to the sex of the thing ...
... objects as if they were endowed with life and sex . Things associated with the idea of strength or destructive- ness ... object . 84 . Gender is the form of a noun or pronoun W. E. G. 6 corresponding in English to the sex of the thing ...
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... objects themselves : 1. By Inflexion . 2. By Composition . 3. By using an entirely different word . 85. ( 1 ) Gender marked by Inflexion . The suf- fixes , i.e. the terminations , or endings , of words indicating gender may be ...
... objects themselves : 1. By Inflexion . 2. By Composition . 3. By using an entirely different word . 85. ( 1 ) Gender marked by Inflexion . The suf- fixes , i.e. the terminations , or endings , of words indicating gender may be ...
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... objects indicated by the following names , which of them should we speak of as she ? —Earth , Sun , Moon , Night , Death , Love , Nature , Winter , War , Justice , Time , Liberty . 86 CHAPTER X. INFLEXION OF NOUNS . - II . INFLEXION OF ...
... objects indicated by the following names , which of them should we speak of as she ? —Earth , Sun , Moon , Night , Death , Love , Nature , Winter , War , Justice , Time , Liberty . 86 CHAPTER X. INFLEXION OF NOUNS . - II . INFLEXION OF ...
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