Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 pages |
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Page viii
... writer of an elementary text- book , traversing ground well - trodden by many predecessors , would probably go astray , if he ... write upon the subject . My cordial thanks are due to several friends for suggestions viii PREFACE .
... writer of an elementary text- book , traversing ground well - trodden by many predecessors , would probably go astray , if he ... write upon the subject . My cordial thanks are due to several friends for suggestions viii PREFACE .
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... writes a Latinised or classical style , we mean that he often prefers to use a Latin noun , verb , or adjective ... writer will select the best word regardless of its derivation . Still , half - educated persons have such a ...
... writes a Latinised or classical style , we mean that he often prefers to use a Latin noun , verb , or adjective ... writer will select the best word regardless of its derivation . Still , half - educated persons have such a ...
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... Write any four consecutive lines of English poetry and under- line the words of non - Teutonic origin . 20 ... writer in tautology or fallacious argument . Thus an orator advocated ' freedom of speech ' on the ground that every man ...
... Write any four consecutive lines of English poetry and under- line the words of non - Teutonic origin . 20 ... writer in tautology or fallacious argument . Thus an orator advocated ' freedom of speech ' on the ground that every man ...
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... write a 33. We can speak a language , or we can language , or we can both speak and write a language languages were spoken before they were written . Sor guages spoken by uncivilized tribes in Africa are p yet . At the present day Latin ...
... write a 33. We can speak a language , or we can language , or we can both speak and write a language languages were spoken before they were written . Sor guages spoken by uncivilized tribes in Africa are p yet . At the present day Latin ...
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... write correctly . We learn to speak and write correctly by mixing with educated persons and reading well - written books . What grammar does is this : it treats of the language generally , its sounds , letters and words ; it sup- plies ...
... write correctly . We learn to speak and write correctly by mixing with educated persons and reading well - written books . What grammar does is this : it treats of the language generally , its sounds , letters and words ; it sup- plies ...
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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