Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 pages |
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... action occurred formerly : it is a sign of the past tense . Again , -er in taller denotes the presence of a quality in a greater degree than is implied by tall : it is a sign of comparison . Again , -ess in authoress denotes that the ...
... action occurred formerly : it is a sign of the past tense . Again , -er in taller denotes the presence of a quality in a greater degree than is implied by tall : it is a sign of comparison . Again , -ess in authoress denotes that the ...
Page 97
... action , hich the action is spoken to , we may Nominative of ohn ! ' ' O death ! O n of a noun when it ows a preposition . enemy are in the town ' ve case , in the former object which the enemy mes after the preposition ects : ' Give me ...
... action , hich the action is spoken to , we may Nominative of ohn ! ' ' O death ! O n of a noun when it ows a preposition . enemy are in the town ' ve case , in the former object which the enemy mes after the preposition ects : ' Give me ...
Page 97
... action , in the second , it stands for the thing to which the action is done . When the noun represents a thing spoken to , we may call its case the Vocative , or the Nominative of Address . ' Waiter ! ' ' Come here , John ! ' ' O death ...
... action , in the second , it stands for the thing to which the action is done . When the noun represents a thing spoken to , we may call its case the Vocative , or the Nominative of Address . ' Waiter ! ' ' Come here , John ! ' ' O death ...
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... action . ' 6. Limit the application of the nouns thoughts , mutton , music , by prefixing to each ( 1 ) a Qualitative , ( 2 ) a Quantitative , ( 3 ) a Demon- strative Adjective . 7. Form Adjectives from the following Nouns : -slave ...
... action . ' 6. Limit the application of the nouns thoughts , mutton , music , by prefixing to each ( 1 ) a Qualitative , ( 2 ) a Quantitative , ( 3 ) a Demon- strative Adjective . 7. Form Adjectives from the following Nouns : -slave ...
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... action when the object is the same as the doer of the action . 4. A Relative Pronoun is one which refers to some other nouns or pronoun and has the force of a conjunction . 5. An Interrogative Pronoun is one by means of which we ask a ...
... action when the object is the same as the doer of the action . 4. A Relative Pronoun is one which refers to some other nouns or pronoun and has the force of a conjunction . 5. An Interrogative Pronoun is one by means of which we ask a ...
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