Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 pages |
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... English , of Dr Angus's Handbook of the English Tongue , of Mr Low's English Language , of Dr Abbott's How to Parse , of Dr Morris's Historical Outlines of English Accidence , and of Professor Skeat's Principles of English Etymology and ...
... English , of Dr Angus's Handbook of the English Tongue , of Mr Low's English Language , of Dr Abbott's How to Parse , of Dr Morris's Historical Outlines of English Accidence , and of Professor Skeat's Principles of English Etymology and ...
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... English Vocabulary III . The Indo - European or Aryan Family of Languages IV . The Divisions of Grammar · V. Elementary Sounds in English VI . Signs or Letters VII . Etymology VIII . Nouns IX . Inflexion of Nouns . I. Gender X ...
... English Vocabulary III . The Indo - European or Aryan Family of Languages IV . The Divisions of Grammar · V. Elementary Sounds in English VI . Signs or Letters VII . Etymology VIII . Nouns IX . Inflexion of Nouns . I. Gender X ...
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... British race , let us bear in mind such facts as these that we are in the main of English origin ; that our English forefathers conquered the Britons , deprived them of their lands , and made many of them slaves ; that the English ...
... British race , let us bear in mind such facts as these that we are in the main of English origin ; that our English forefathers conquered the Britons , deprived them of their lands , and made many of them slaves ; that the English ...
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... history of the English people , not in a book on the English speech . But to these two questions an answer ought to be given here : - ( 1 ) Who were these settlers ? ( 2 ) Where did they come from ? ( 1 ) They were Teutonic tribes ...
... history of the English people , not in a book on the English speech . But to these two questions an answer ought to be given here : - ( 1 ) Who were these settlers ? ( 2 ) Where did they come from ? ( 1 ) They were Teutonic tribes ...
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... English . ( 2 ) To find the district from which these tribes came , we must ... English people came from Schleswig - Holstein , or that the English ... origin . No stigma of inferiority is attached to us when we are described as ...
... English . ( 2 ) To find the district from which these tribes came , we must ... English people came from Schleswig - Holstein , or that the English ... origin . No stigma of inferiority is attached to us when we are described as ...
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action adjective Adjuncts adverb alphabet antecedent application apposition auxiliary verb called CHAPTER complete Complex Sentence compound conjugation conjunction consonants construction dative denote derivation diphthongs distinction ellipsis employed English Grammar English language English origin English words Etymology examples express feminine following sentences following words French gender genitive German Gerund Give Greek horse illustrate Imperative Mood Indefinite indicative Indirect Object infinitive inflexion Intransitive Keltic language Latin words letters limiting mark meaning modern English neuter Norman noun or pronoun occur Old English Parse passive Past Participle Past Tense Periodic Sentences person phrase plural possessive predicate prefix preposition present principal clause pronunciation question reader relative pronoun represented Roman sentence contains signifies Sing singular sometimes sonant sound speak speech Strong Verbs style subjunctive mood subordinate clause suffix superlative surd syllable Syntax Teutonic thing thou town transitive verb vocabulary vowel vowel-sounds write