Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 pages |
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... nature , art , science , glory1 . The Normans gave us many more words which do not come under these heads . An interesting example of the way in which the language of a country illustrates its 1 Words of French origin introduced between ...
... nature , art , science , glory1 . The Normans gave us many more words which do not come under these heads . An interesting example of the way in which the language of a country illustrates its 1 Words of French origin introduced between ...
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... nature of the gastric juice , hed and digested before we acquired this information . that the time given to chemistry or physiology has ed . An intelligent man likes to understand the ound him . These things are too numerous for many of ...
... nature of the gastric juice , hed and digested before we acquired this information . that the time given to chemistry or physiology has ed . An intelligent man likes to understand the ound him . These things are too numerous for many of ...
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... nature and man's art present to us , so an examination of the sounds which we utter in pro- nouncing English words shows us that they are made by combining about forty sounds which are simple or elemen- tary . Take , for example , the ...
... nature and man's art present to us , so an examination of the sounds which we utter in pro- nouncing English words shows us that they are made by combining about forty sounds which are simple or elemen- tary . Take , for example , the ...
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... natural pitch of the voice . Instead of saying , therefore , that vowels are sounds which can be uttered alone , and con- sonants are sounds which can be uttered only by the aid of a vowel , let us put the matter thus : Vowels are ...
... natural pitch of the voice . Instead of saying , therefore , that vowels are sounds which can be uttered alone , and con- sonants are sounds which can be uttered only by the aid of a vowel , let us put the matter thus : Vowels are ...
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... Natural vowel , — natural , because the sound is produced with the minimum of effort . Hence boys who get into difficulties over their construing , and orators who are at a loss to proceed with their speeches , occupy the intervals with ...
... Natural vowel , — natural , because the sound is produced with the minimum of effort . Hence boys who get into difficulties over their construing , and orators who are at a loss to proceed with their speeches , occupy the intervals with ...
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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