The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1901 - 304 pages |
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... Compounds and Derivatives XXII . Analysis of Sentences and Parsing XXIII . Syntax of Nouns . XXIV . Syntax of Adjectives and Pronouns 199 209 230 241 XXV . Syntax of Verbs . XXVI . Syntax of Adverbs , Conjunctions , and Prepositions ...
... Compounds and Derivatives XXII . Analysis of Sentences and Parsing XXIII . Syntax of Nouns . XXIV . Syntax of Adjectives and Pronouns 199 209 230 241 XXV . Syntax of Verbs . XXVI . Syntax of Adverbs , Conjunctions , and Prepositions ...
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... compounds . So was old English , but this power of making new words by the combination of other words seems to have ... compound words can be formed in 1 See Abbott and Seeley's English Lessons , p . 105 . W. E. G. 3 modern German , it ...
... compounds . So was old English , but this power of making new words by the combination of other words seems to have ... compound words can be formed in 1 See Abbott and Seeley's English Lessons , p . 105 . W. E. G. 3 modern German , it ...
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... compound terms are increasingly necessary to express the complex ideas of science , we fall back on Greek to supply our needs . Telephone , microscope , ther- mometer , photograph , are examples of Greek compounds , and , if we ...
... compound terms are increasingly necessary to express the complex ideas of science , we fall back on Greek to supply our needs . Telephone , microscope , ther- mometer , photograph , are examples of Greek compounds , and , if we ...
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... compounds can be formed from it such as mother - country , and derivatives such as motherly ; that it is connected with , though not borrowed from , the Latin mater , Greek μýrp , German mutter , and so forth . Now that part of grammar ...
... compounds can be formed from it such as mother - country , and derivatives such as motherly ; that it is connected with , though not borrowed from , the Latin mater , Greek μýrp , German mutter , and so forth . Now that part of grammar ...
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... compound of z + h : it is really an elementary sound . The sounds of dh in thine and of th in thin are different ... compound in their character . Compound vowel - sounds are called Diphthongs . The words 44 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... compound of z + h : it is really an elementary sound . The sounds of dh in thine and of th in thin are different ... compound in their character . Compound vowel - sounds are called Diphthongs . The words 44 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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action adjective Adjuncts adverb alphabet antecedent application apposition auxiliary verb called CHAPTER complete Complex Sentence compound conjugation conjunction consonants construction dative denote derivation diphthongs distinction ellipsis employed English Grammar English language English origin English words Etymology examples express feminine following sentences following words French gender genitive German Gerund Give Greek horse illustrate Imperative Mood Indefinite indicative Indirect Object 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 prefix preposition present principal clause pronunciation relative pronoun represented Roman sentence contains signifies Sing singular sometimes sonant sound speak speech stands Strong Verbs subjunctive mood subordinate clause suffix superlative surd syllable Syntax thing thou tive town transitive verb vocabulary vowel vowel-sounds Weak Verbs write