The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1901 - 304 pages |
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... relative pronoun with a negative attached , ' There is no one who does not think you mad . ' 67. Attempts have been made to reduce these eight parts of speech to a smaller number of groups . Thus words have been arranged in the ...
... relative pronoun with a negative attached , ' There is no one who does not think you mad . ' 67. Attempts have been made to reduce these eight parts of speech to a smaller number of groups . Thus words have been arranged in the ...
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... RELATIVE - that , who V. INTERROGATIVE - who VI . INDEFINITE anybody , anything , aught , some- body , something what , which what , which one , any , certain , other , some ― every- each , every , either , neither VII . DISTRIBUTIVE ...
... RELATIVE - that , who V. INTERROGATIVE - who VI . INDEFINITE anybody , anything , aught , some- body , something what , which what , which one , any , certain , other , some ― every- each , every , either , neither VII . DISTRIBUTIVE ...
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... Relative Pronoun is one which refers to some other nouns or pronoun and has the force of a conjunction . 5. An Interrogative Pronoun is one by means of which we ask a question . 6. An Indefinite Pronoun is one which does not point out ...
... Relative Pronoun is one which refers to some other nouns or pronoun and has the force of a conjunction . 5. An Interrogative Pronoun is one by means of which we ask a question . 6. An Indefinite Pronoun is one which does not point out ...
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... The reader must not suppose however that the earlier history of these obscure forms affords any foundation for this mode of treating them . ( 128. IV . Relative Pronouns . The characteristic feature 124 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... The reader must not suppose however that the earlier history of these obscure forms affords any foundation for this mode of treating them . ( 128. IV . Relative Pronouns . The characteristic feature 124 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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Alfred Slater West. ( 128. IV . Relative Pronouns . The characteristic feature of the Relative Pronouns is this : they have the force of conjunctions . Thus , the sentence ' I met the policeman who said there was a disturbance ' contains ...
Alfred Slater West. ( 128. IV . Relative Pronouns . The characteristic feature of the Relative Pronouns is this : they have the force of conjunctions . Thus , the sentence ' I met the policeman who said there was a disturbance ' contains ...
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