Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 pages |
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... words as bible , hymn - book , chapel , and add this English element to their African speech . Then after a while the trader would follow , and the language of the natives would be enriched with such words as rifle , gunpowder , gin ...
... words as bible , hymn - book , chapel , and add this English element to their African speech . Then after a while the trader would follow , and the language of the natives would be enriched with such words as rifle , gunpowder , gin ...
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... These are English words . When it is cooked for the table , we call it beef , mutton , veal , pork . These are French words . From these facts we might draw the inference that the English peasant looked after the stock on the farm , and ...
... These are English words . When it is cooked for the table , we call it beef , mutton , veal , pork . These are French words . From these facts we might draw the inference that the English peasant looked after the stock on the farm , and ...
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... following four leading events : I. Roman occupation of Britain , A.D. 43 to 410 . Latin words found in names of places ; e.g. Dorchester . 2 . Introduction of Christianity among the Eng- lish , A.D. 597. During this period , extending ...
... following four leading events : I. Roman occupation of Britain , A.D. 43 to 410 . Latin words found in names of places ; e.g. Dorchester . 2 . Introduction of Christianity among the Eng- lish , A.D. 597. During this period , extending ...
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... word which the best educated man makes use of , there are at least ten , perhaps twenty , in the dictionary , which he never uses at all . And most of these are words of foreign extraction . The question may be asked , -What are these words ...
... word which the best educated man makes use of , there are at least ten , perhaps twenty , in the dictionary , which he never uses at all . And most of these are words of foreign extraction . The question may be asked , -What are these words ...
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... These six Latin words occur in names of places and are marks of the Roman occupation of Britain : -castra , ' a camp ' ; colonia , ' a colony ' ; fossa , ' a ditch ' ; portus , ' a harbour ' ; strata , ' a paved road ' ; vallum , ' a ...
... These six Latin words occur in names of places and are marks of the Roman occupation of Britain : -castra , ' a camp ' ; colonia , ' a colony ' ; fossa , ' a ditch ' ; portus , ' a harbour ' ; strata , ' a paved road ' ; vallum , ' a ...
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