The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1893 - 288 pages |
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... kind of verb , its voice , mood , tense , number , person ; the subject with which it agrees , and its object , if it has one . Participle . Give kind of verb of which it is participle , its voice and tense , and show which word it ...
... kind of verb , its voice , mood , tense , number , person ; the subject with which it agrees , and its object , if it has one . Participle . Give kind of verb of which it is participle , its voice and tense , and show which word it ...
Page 221
... kind of hat , so ' Byron's poems ' are a particular kind of poems , ' Cade's insurrection ' is a particular kind of insurrection SYNTAX OF NOUNS . 221.
... kind of hat , so ' Byron's poems ' are a particular kind of poems , ' Cade's insurrection ' is a particular kind of insurrection SYNTAX OF NOUNS . 221.
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... kind of detention . The Latin word for ' kind ' is genus , and we might therefore call the case which marks the kind the generic case . Perhaps this is what the Roman grammarians thought they were doing when they called it the genitive ...
... kind of detention . The Latin word for ' kind ' is genus , and we might therefore call the case which marks the kind the generic case . Perhaps this is what the Roman grammarians thought they were doing when they called it the genitive ...
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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