The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1901 - 304 pages |
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... sentence contains eighteen words . Of these eighteen , only two are of Latin origin , the words use and Latin . All the rest are native English . Two in eighteen is a trifle over 11 per cent . By way of contrast let us examine a sentence ...
... sentence contains eighteen words . Of these eighteen , only two are of Latin origin , the words use and Latin . All the rest are native English . Two in eighteen is a trifle over 11 per cent . By way of contrast let us examine a sentence ...
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... sentence ten words long without using a single native English word , for the English words are the mortar , so to speak , by which the sentence is bound together . Take these words away , and the sentence tumbles to pieces . Take away ...
... sentence ten words long without using a single native English word , for the English words are the mortar , so to speak , by which the sentence is bound together . Take these words away , and the sentence tumbles to pieces . Take away ...
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... sentence reads as if it were taken from the pages of a third - rate novelist . On the other hand , the extract from Matthew Arnold abounds in Latin words , because he is dealing with a scientific subject and resorts to scientific ...
... sentence reads as if it were taken from the pages of a third - rate novelist . On the other hand , the extract from Matthew Arnold abounds in Latin words , because he is dealing with a scientific subject and resorts to scientific ...
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... sentences , and then we can describe what is the relation in which each word in the sentence stands to the rest . The part of grammar which treats of words when they are regarded in their relation to other words , — of words when they ...
... sentences , and then we can describe what is the relation in which each word in the sentence stands to the rest . The part of grammar which treats of words when they are regarded in their relation to other words , — of words when they ...
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... sentences , but we can consider them by themselves , though we do not use them by themselves . The part of grammar which treats of words taken separately is called Etymology : the part which treats .of words as forming portions of a ...
... sentences , but we can consider them by themselves , though we do not use them by themselves . The part of grammar which treats of words taken separately is called Etymology : the part which treats .of words as forming portions of a ...
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