The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1893 - 288 pages |
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Page 85
... added to a word ending in a sonant , either the inflexion s or the last letter of the noun must be altered . Both sounds must be sonant or both must be surd ; otherwise it is impossible to pronounce them in the same syllable . Thus we ...
... added to a word ending in a sonant , either the inflexion s or the last letter of the noun must be altered . Both sounds must be sonant or both must be surd ; otherwise it is impossible to pronounce them in the same syllable . Thus we ...
Page 86
... added . Swine however is not the plural of sow . In Old English several neuter nouns of one syllable , such as swine , sheep , deer , folk , underwent no change of their singular form when they were used in the plural number . 2. Child ...
... added . Swine however is not the plural of sow . In Old English several neuter nouns of one syllable , such as swine , sheep , deer , folk , underwent no change of their singular form when they were used in the plural number . 2. Child ...
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... adding a comparative suffix -ther . It was wrongly looked upon as a comparative of forth to which the regular comparative ending -er had been added , and , owing to this mistaken notion , the th was retained in the superlative furth ...
... adding a comparative suffix -ther . It was wrongly looked upon as a comparative of forth to which the regular comparative ending -er had been added , and , owing to this mistaken notion , the th was retained in the superlative furth ...
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