The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1897 - 288 pages |
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Page vii
... added . At the close of a protracted exposition of an abstract principle , the practical teacher often has cause to feel that he has been beating the air , when the use of a concrete example enables him to drive his point home at once ...
... added . At the close of a protracted exposition of an abstract principle , the practical teacher often has cause to feel that he has been beating the air , when the use of a concrete example enables him to drive his point home at once ...
Page viii
Alfred Slater West. sentences for correction has been added to the concluding chapters on Syntax . There is reason to hope that the boys and girls who attack these problems will find the benefit , not merely in the confidence with which ...
Alfred Slater West. sentences for correction has been added to the concluding chapters on Syntax . There is reason to hope that the boys and girls who attack these problems will find the benefit , not merely in the confidence with which ...
Page 19
... added of common words borrowed from miscellaneous sources . Modern French - bouquet , etiquette , programme . Italian - bandit , gazette , regatta . Spanish - armada , cigar , don . Portuguese - commodore , caste , marmalade . Modern ...
... added of common words borrowed from miscellaneous sources . Modern French - bouquet , etiquette , programme . Italian - bandit , gazette , regatta . Spanish - armada , cigar , don . Portuguese - commodore , caste , marmalade . Modern ...
Page 30
... adding reasons . Thus , sup- pose a person says ' Ask him to let you and I go out ' ; we see that the grammar is bad , and if we alter the sentence to ' Ask him to let you and me go out , ' we make the necessary grammatical correction ...
... adding reasons . Thus , sup- pose a person says ' Ask him to let you and I go out ' ; we see that the grammar is bad , and if we alter the sentence to ' Ask him to let you and me go out , ' we make the necessary grammatical correction ...
Page 43
... pin ) + oo ( in cool ) . = These are true blends , and to them is sometimes added as a fifth the broader form of i in fine , viz . the i of aye , when it is said ' The Ayes have it . ' ELEMENTARY SOUNDS IN ENGLISH . 43.
... pin ) + oo ( in cool ) . = These are true blends , and to them is sometimes added as a fifth the broader form of i in fine , viz . the i of aye , when it is said ' The Ayes have it . ' ELEMENTARY SOUNDS IN ENGLISH . 43.
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