The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1893 - 288 pages |
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... separate class ? If Brown says ' I broke the window , ' is not I the name of the thing about which the assertion is made , just as much as Brown or the boy is , when we say ' Brown broke the window , ' or ' The boy broke the window ...
... separate class ? If Brown says ' I broke the window , ' is not I the name of the thing about which the assertion is made , just as much as Brown or the boy is , when we say ' Brown broke the window , ' or ' The boy broke the window ...
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... separate the boy's stupidity or fatness and say ' There is the boy , and here I have got his stupidity . ' But though the quali- ties have no separate and independent existence , we can consider them separately . We can abstract our ...
... separate the boy's stupidity or fatness and say ' There is the boy , and here I have got his stupidity . ' But though the quali- ties have no separate and independent existence , we can consider them separately . We can abstract our ...
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... separately , stating its Part of Speech , its inflexion , if it has any , and its syntactical relations with other words in the sentence . Thus ... separate words . 4. Adverb . Give kind of adverb ; degree , 212 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... separately , stating its Part of Speech , its inflexion , if it has any , and its syntactical relations with other words in the sentence . Thus ... separate words . 4. Adverb . Give kind of adverb ; degree , 212 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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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