The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1901 - 304 pages |
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... definition lacks completeness , logical accuracy being sacrificed to intelligibility ; and that the details of early English accidence have been inserted only when modern forms would be inexplicable without them . There are elementary ...
... definition lacks completeness , logical accuracy being sacrificed to intelligibility ; and that the details of early English accidence have been inserted only when modern forms would be inexplicable without them . There are elementary ...
Page xi
... Syntax of Verbs . XXVI . Syntax of Adverbs , Conjunctions , and Prepositions . 253 269 Appendix I. Definitions of Grammatical Terms Appendix II . Passages for Analysis Index 285 X 291 299 THE ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR . 1 . CHAPTER I.
... Syntax of Verbs . XXVI . Syntax of Adverbs , Conjunctions , and Prepositions . 253 269 Appendix I. Definitions of Grammatical Terms Appendix II . Passages for Analysis Index 285 X 291 299 THE ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR . 1 . CHAPTER I.
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... define it therefore as the Science which treats of words and their correct use . It contains the following departments , -Orthoëpy , Or- thography , Etymology , and Syntax . Orthoëpy deals with the correct pronunciation of words ...
... define it therefore as the Science which treats of words and their correct use . It contains the following departments , -Orthoëpy , Or- thography , Etymology , and Syntax . Orthoëpy deals with the correct pronunciation of words ...
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... definition of a noun suggests a few remarks . I. Guard against the not uncommon blunder of confusing the noun and the 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 ...
... definition of a noun suggests a few remarks . I. Guard against the not uncommon blunder of confusing the noun and the 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 ...
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... define these three classes of nouns thus : A Common Noun is one which can be applied to an indefinite number of things in the same sense . A Singular Noun is one which cannot be ap- plied to more than one thing in the same sense . A ...
... define these three classes of nouns thus : A Common Noun is one which can be applied to an indefinite number of things in the same sense . A Singular Noun is one which cannot be ap- plied to more than one thing in the same sense . A ...
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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