The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1893 - 288 pages |
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Page 103
... employed as Abstract Nouns . " ( b ) The wise , ' ' rich and poor , ' signify ' wise people , ' ' rich and poor people . ' We describe these words as Ad- jectives employed as Concrete Nouns . x ( c ) Several adjectives have become nouns ...
... employed as Abstract Nouns . " ( b ) The wise , ' ' rich and poor , ' signify ' wise people , ' ' rich and poor people . ' We describe these words as Ad- jectives employed as Concrete Nouns . x ( c ) Several adjectives have become nouns ...
Page 131
... employed with a transitive force : Ordinarily Intransitive . The horse walks . I will run there . The ship floats . Birds fly . The mother rejoiced . Used Transitively . I walked my horse . I will run you for sixpence . He floated the ...
... employed with a transitive force : Ordinarily Intransitive . The horse walks . I will run there . The ship floats . Birds fly . The mother rejoiced . Used Transitively . I walked my horse . I will run you for sixpence . He floated the ...
Page 133
... employed as Auxiliaries , and when so employed are the substitutes for inflexions of which in our English conjugation very few survive . Thus I shall have written ' is in Latin expressed in one inflected form , scripsero , ' you were ...
... employed as Auxiliaries , and when so employed are the substitutes for inflexions of which in our English conjugation very few survive . Thus I shall have written ' is in Latin expressed in one inflected form , scripsero , ' you were ...
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