The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1901 - 304 pages |
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Page vii
... master . Of the Questions at the end of the Chapters , most have been chosen from the Cambridge Local Examination Papers of the last twenty years ; the Oxford Local Exami- nation Papers and the Papers of the Royal College of Preceptors ...
... master . Of the Questions at the end of the Chapters , most have been chosen from the Cambridge Local Examination Papers of the last twenty years ; the Oxford Local Exami- nation Papers and the Papers of the Royal College of Preceptors ...
Page 13
... master ate the joints in the hall . Sir Walter Scott puts this point forcibly in Ivanhoe . 18. The Latin of the Fourth Period comprises those words of Latin origin which were introduced in swarms during the time of the Revival of ...
... master ate the joints in the hall . Sir Walter Scott puts this point forcibly in Ivanhoe . 18. The Latin of the Fourth Period comprises those words of Latin origin which were introduced in swarms during the time of the Revival of ...
Page 32
... masters of English style would have written better , if they had paid more attention to grammatical rules . If there- fore anybody is disposed to say that learning grammar is a waste of time , because it is quite possible to speak and ...
... masters of English style would have written better , if they had paid more attention to grammatical rules . If there- fore anybody is disposed to say that learning grammar is a waste of time , because it is quite possible to speak and ...
Page 47
... master , before you have reached half way the vowel - sound which you are producing will be ee or oo . Fay - eet and fo - oo are blends as complete as na - ice or ha - use . And hence some authorities class the vowel - sounds of fate ...
... master , before you have reached half way the vowel - sound which you are producing will be ee or oo . Fay - eet and fo - oo are blends as complete as na - ice or ha - use . And hence some authorities class the vowel - sounds of fate ...
Page 56
... master an alphabet of thirty - nine letters would of course take longer than to master an alphabet of twenty - six letters . But the alphabet once learnt , mistakes in spelling would be almost as rare as mistakes are now in writing down ...
... master an alphabet of thirty - nine letters would of course take longer than to master an alphabet of twenty - six letters . But the alphabet once learnt , mistakes in spelling would be almost as rare as mistakes are now in writing down ...
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