Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 pages |
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Page 80
... neuter gender , i.e. of neither masculine nor feminine gender . Some nouns are used to denote objects of either sex , such as parent , sovereign , painter , attendant . These nouns are said to be of common gender . 83. Comparing gender ...
... neuter gender , i.e. of neither masculine nor feminine gender . Some nouns are used to denote objects of either sex , such as parent , sovereign , painter , attendant . These nouns are said to be of common gender . 83. Comparing gender ...
Page 81
... neuter . French has no neuter ; consequently all its nouns are of the masculine or of the feminine gender . Our method in Modern English is simpler and more rational . To a very limited extent the correspondence of gender with sex in ...
... neuter . French has no neuter ; consequently all its nouns are of the masculine or of the feminine gender . Our method in Modern English is simpler and more rational . To a very limited extent the correspondence of gender with sex in ...
Page 88
... neuter nouns of one syllable , such as swine , sheep , deer , folk , underwent no change of their singular form when they were used in the plural number . 2. Child - er - en is a double plural , the er being one sign of the plural and ...
... neuter nouns of one syllable , such as swine , sheep , deer , folk , underwent no change of their singular form when they were used in the plural number . 2. Child - er - en is a double plural , the er being one sign of the plural and ...
Page 89
... neuter nouns wrong and talk of animalcula or effluvia instead of saying animalcula and effluvia . Most of these nouns from dead languages can now be used with English plural forms : we can say formulas , memorandums , dogmas , as well ...
... neuter nouns wrong and talk of animalcula or effluvia instead of saying animalcula and effluvia . Most of these nouns from dead languages can now be used with English plural forms : we can say formulas , memorandums , dogmas , as well ...
Page 97
... Neuter nouns of the Fourth Declension , like cornu , have an inflexion only in the genitive of the singular number , cornus : all the other singular forms are the same as the nominative . Yet we speak of the accusative , dative , and ...
... Neuter nouns of the Fourth Declension , like cornu , have an inflexion only in the genitive of the singular number , cornus : all the other singular forms are the same as the nominative . Yet we speak of the accusative , dative , and ...
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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