The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1901 - 304 pages |
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Page 99
... in ' s in such phrases as ' a year's absence , ' ' a month's delay , ' though there is no personification to justify these idioms . • 100. A quaint error was formerly prevalent that this 7-2 INFLEXION OF NOUNS . - III . CASE . 99.
... in ' s in such phrases as ' a year's absence , ' ' a month's delay , ' though there is no personification to justify these idioms . • 100. A quaint error was formerly prevalent that this 7-2 INFLEXION OF NOUNS . - III . CASE . 99.
Page 100
... phrases of this form , two considerations disprove the theory that the ' s of the possessive was a corruption of his : I. Old English presents us with the possessive form in es , but shows no trace of an original his from which it was ...
... phrases of this form , two considerations disprove the theory that the ' s of the possessive was a corruption of his : I. Old English presents us with the possessive form in es , but shows no trace of an original his from which it was ...
Page 102
... phrases : ―Socrates wife , the captains son , for conscience sake , their whos and their whiches , the Officers Widows and Orphans Fund . 9. Write the possessive case in the plural of the feminine form corresponding to bachelor , nephew ...
... phrases : ―Socrates wife , the captains son , for conscience sake , their whos and their whiches , the Officers Widows and Orphans Fund . 9. Write the possessive case in the plural of the feminine form corresponding to bachelor , nephew ...
Page 111
... in . ] 13. Explain the uses of the and a in the following phrases : ( a ) The more the merrier . ( b ) The lazy Scheldt . ( c ) A penny a piece . 112 CHAPTER XIII . INFLEXION OF ADJECTIVES . 110. ONE ADJECTIVES . III.
... in . ] 13. Explain the uses of the and a in the following phrases : ( a ) The more the merrier . ( b ) The lazy Scheldt . ( c ) A penny a piece . 112 CHAPTER XIII . INFLEXION OF ADJECTIVES . 110. ONE ADJECTIVES . III.
Page 116
... phrase ' the utter bar , ' in contrast with the ' inner bar . ' 116. Examples of Double Comparatives are seen in nearer , lesser , worser : examples of Double Superlatives in foremost , inmost , upmost , etc. Such expressions as more ...
... phrase ' the utter bar , ' in contrast with the ' inner bar . ' 116. Examples of Double Comparatives are seen in nearer , lesser , worser : examples of Double Superlatives in foremost , inmost , upmost , etc. Such expressions as more ...
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