Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 pages |
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... old vocabulary inadequate , and the fashionable study of classical authors showed where fresh words were to be found . For one who has learnt a little Latin , it is an easy matter to identify a Fourth - Period word on the page of a ...
... old vocabulary inadequate , and the fashionable study of classical authors showed where fresh words were to be found . For one who has learnt a little Latin , it is an easy matter to identify a Fourth - Period word on the page of a ...
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... English origin . Father and mother , house and home , rain , wind , day , night , sun , moon , —these are English words . And hence it is that Wordsworth , describing an old man's feeling about his daughter's death , naturally uses an ...
... English origin . Father and mother , house and home , rain , wind , day , night , sun , moon , —these are English words . And hence it is that Wordsworth , describing an old man's feeling about his daughter's death , naturally uses an ...
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... English has been adopted since the Revival of Learning for purposes of scientific nomenclature . Greek is a language which lends itself readily to the formation of compounds . So was old English , but this power of making new words by ...
... English has been adopted since the Revival of Learning for purposes of scientific nomenclature . Greek is a language which lends itself readily to the formation of compounds . So was old English , but this power of making new words by ...
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... English equivalents , the advantage which we gain from the use of Greek is apparent . 22. IV . Scandinavian words in English ... Old English by the addition of the ending -ing , e.g. ' Atheling . ' 23. V. Words from various sources . We have ...
... English equivalents , the advantage which we gain from the use of Greek is apparent . 22. IV . Scandinavian words in English ... Old English by the addition of the ending -ing , e.g. ' Atheling . ' 23. V. Words from various sources . We have ...
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... English . Give instances of words introduced at each period . 6. Give the words of English origin in common use ... old man trusts wholly to slow contrivance and gradual pro- gression . The youth expects to force his way by genius ...
... English . Give instances of words introduced at each period . 6. Give the words of English origin in common use ... old man trusts wholly to slow contrivance and gradual pro- gression . The youth expects to force his way by genius ...
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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