The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1901 - 304 pages |
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... Sounds in English VI . Signs or Letters • VII . Etymology VIII . Nouns IX . Inflexion of Nouns . I. Gender X. Inflexion of Nouns . II . Number XI . Inflexion of Nouns . III . Case XII . Adjectives XIII . Inflexion of Adjectives 30 37 54 ...
... Sounds in English VI . Signs or Letters • VII . Etymology VIII . Nouns IX . Inflexion of Nouns . I. Gender X. Inflexion of Nouns . II . Number XI . Inflexion of Nouns . III . Case XII . Adjectives XIII . Inflexion of Adjectives 30 37 54 ...
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... sounds , the resem- blance is close . We disguise this resemblance by giving to the vowel of the word Teutonic the sound of the eu in feud . We use the word Teutonic to signify ' belonging to the German race , ' but if we said that ...
... sounds , the resem- blance is close . We disguise this resemblance by giving to the vowel of the word Teutonic the sound of the eu in feud . We use the word Teutonic to signify ' belonging to the German race , ' but if we said that ...
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... sound by the side of the simple English words which go home to our hearts ! " And yet I loved her more- For so it seemed , -than till that day I e'er had loved before . " " It appeared to me that I entertained an intenser affection for ...
... sound by the side of the simple English words which go home to our hearts ! " And yet I loved her more- For so it seemed , -than till that day I e'er had loved before . " " It appeared to me that I entertained an intenser affection for ...
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... sounds , letters and words ; it sup- plies us with a number of rules for the correct way of using the language , and it examines why certain ways of using the language are right , and certain others are wrong , not merely stating rules ...
... sounds , letters and words ; it sup- plies us with a number of rules for the correct way of using the language , and it examines why certain ways of using the language are right , and certain others are wrong , not merely stating rules ...
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... sounds which our English vocabulary with its 100,000 words contains . We shall classify these sounds . We shall touch upon some of the tendencies to substitute one sound for another and look for an explanation of these tendencies . That ...
... sounds which our English vocabulary with its 100,000 words contains . We shall classify these sounds . We shall touch upon some of the tendencies to substitute one sound for another and look for an explanation of these tendencies . That ...
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