The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1893 - 288 pages |
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... thing . The noun is the name of the thing . The paper on which this book is printed is a thing , not a noun : the word paper is a noun . 2. Bear in mind that the word ' thing ' is here used to denote all objects of thought , whether ...
... thing . The noun is the name of the thing . The paper on which this book is printed is a thing , not a noun : the word paper is a noun . 2. Bear in mind that the word ' thing ' is here used to denote all objects of thought , whether ...
Page 91
... thing called a town , which stands in different relations to other things called enemies , walls , or circumstances ... thing to the enemy , -not , of course , the word town to the word enemy ; what occurred was done by a thing to a ...
... thing called a town , which stands in different relations to other things called enemies , walls , or circumstances ... thing to the enemy , -not , of course , the word town to the word enemy ; what occurred was done by a thing to a ...
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... thing by marking its relation to ourselves or to some other thing . What is this to me is that to you , and vice versâ . A thing is fifth in relation to other things which are fourth and sixth . The word fifth answers the question Which ...
... thing by marking its relation to ourselves or to some other thing . What is this to me is that to you , and vice versâ . A thing is fifth in relation to other things which are fourth and sixth . The word fifth answers the question Which ...
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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