The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1893 - 288 pages |
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... Grammar probably not more than one will ever read a page of any English author who wrote before the age of Elizabeth , it seems needlessly cruel to the remaining ninety - and - nine to inflict upon them the exhaustive study of ...
... Grammar probably not more than one will ever read a page of any English author who wrote before the age of Elizabeth , it seems needlessly cruel to the remaining ninety - and - nine to inflict upon them the exhaustive study of ...
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... Grammar . An African savage knows nothing of grammar , but he knows that the missionary does not speak his language properly . In time the missionary may come to know the language as thoroughly as the natives know it , and may state a ...
... Grammar . An African savage knows nothing of grammar , but he knows that the missionary does not speak his language properly . In time the missionary may come to know the language as thoroughly as the natives know it , and may state a ...
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... grammar will contain Orthoëpy but not Orthography . If a language is a dead language , —if it is written but no longer spoken , -its grammar will contain Orthography , but its Orthoëpy will be uncertain or impossible . But either ...
... grammar will contain Orthoëpy but not Orthography . If a language is a dead language , —if it is written but no longer spoken , -its grammar will contain Orthography , but its Orthoëpy will be uncertain or impossible . But either ...
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action Adjuncts adverb alphabet antecedent applied apposition 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 French gender genitive German Gerund Give Greek horse illustrate Imperative Mood indicative Indirect Object infinitive mood inflected 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 simple Sing singular sometimes sonant speak speech stands Strong Verbs subjunctive mood subordinate clause suffix superlative surd syllable Syntax Teutonic thou tion tive town transitive verb vowel vowel sounds Weak Verbs write written