Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 pages |
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... Latin became again one of the tongues of Britain , the language of its worship and of its literature . Trade brought in other words from a Latin source . 8. The Northmen . During two and a half cen- turies , from about A.D. 800 to 1050 ...
... Latin became again one of the tongues of Britain , the language of its worship and of its literature . Trade brought in other words from a Latin source . 8. The Northmen . During two and a half cen- turies , from about A.D. 800 to 1050 ...
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... Latin writers were zealously read . The con- sequence was that an enormous number of new words , borrowed directly from the Latin , passed into our English vocabulary . Hundreds of words were introduced and dropped , as there was no ...
... Latin writers were zealously read . The con- sequence was that an enormous number of new words , borrowed directly from the Latin , passed into our English vocabulary . Hundreds of words were introduced and dropped , as there was no ...
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... words which thus secured a footing in our language are few . 12. We will ... words which we owe to these events . I. The original inhabitants of this ... Latin origin , and the growth of trade brought in others . 3. A.D. 800 to ...
... words which thus secured a footing in our language are few . 12. We will ... words which we owe to these events . I. The original inhabitants of this ... Latin origin , and the growth of trade brought in others . 3. A.D. 800 to ...
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... words began to pass freely into the native vocabulary , and by the year 1400 French had ceased to be the speech of the nobility in England . The French lan- guage is in the main a form of Latin , though the Gauls were a Keltic race . 5 ...
... words began to pass freely into the native vocabulary , and by the year 1400 French had ceased to be the speech of the nobility in England . The French lan- guage is in the main a form of Latin , though the Gauls were a Keltic race . 5 ...
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... words may have come to us through the Norman French . At a later date we borrowed a few more from Welsh , from Irish ... Latin Element in English . Though the Romans held this country for nearly four hundred years , they left us no Latin ...
... words may have come to us through the Norman French . At a later date we borrowed a few more from Welsh , from Irish ... Latin Element in English . Though the Romans held this country for nearly four hundred years , they left us no Latin ...
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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