The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1897 - 288 pages |
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... sing that Britons never shall be slaves , our intentions are patriotic , but our language is apt to be misleading . Britons we may indeed call ourselves , if in doing so we mean nothing more than this , that we are inhabitants of ...
... sing that Britons never shall be slaves , our intentions are patriotic , but our language is apt to be misleading . Britons we may indeed call ourselves , if in doing so we mean nothing more than this , that we are inhabitants of ...
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... sing ) are called Liquids , or ' flowing ' sounds . A few other terms are applied to differences in the clas- sification of consonantal sounds . The letters and are called Trills , because there is a vibration in the sounds , or in some ...
... sing ) are called Liquids , or ' flowing ' sounds . A few other terms are applied to differences in the clas- sification of consonantal sounds . The letters and are called Trills , because there is a vibration in the sounds , or in some ...
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... sing , stands for zh in measure , for sh in mansion , and is silent in isle or aisle . The letter g has one sound in gum , another in gem ; followed by h its sound is sometimes that of f , as in laugh , and sometimes it is not sounded ...
... sing , stands for zh in measure , for sh in mansion , and is silent in isle or aisle . The letter g has one sound in gum , another in gem ; followed by h its sound is sometimes that of f , as in laugh , and sometimes it is not sounded ...
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... sing ' like seraphs , ' not ' like seraphim . ' The forms cherubims , seraphims , are double - plurals . 93. The following paragraphs contain illustrations of various kinds of anomaly in the number of nouns . Anomaly means ' unevenness ...
... sing ' like seraphs , ' not ' like seraphim . ' The forms cherubims , seraphims , are double - plurals . 93. The following paragraphs contain illustrations of various kinds of anomaly in the number of nouns . Anomaly means ' unevenness ...
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... Sing . Plur . Sing . Plur . Nom . town towns he Poss . town's towns ' his Obj . town towns him they be t their fer them eit It is clear that the pronoun he is better off than the noun in its supply of case - inflexions . He , his , him ...
... Sing . Plur . Sing . Plur . Nom . town towns he Poss . town's towns ' his Obj . town towns him they be t their fer them eit It is clear that the pronoun he is better off than the noun in its supply of case - inflexions . He , his , him ...
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