The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1897 - 288 pages |
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... clause , or by the use of a noun in the possessive case . But a subordinate clause is not an adjective , though it may be so used as to have the force of an adjective , and squire's is a noun in the possessive case , though it limits ...
... clause , or by the use of a noun in the possessive case . But a subordinate clause is not an adjective , though it may be so used as to have the force of an adjective , and squire's is a noun in the possessive case , though it limits ...
Page 121
... but the order of the clauses containing the relative and antecedent is sometimes inverted . Thus ' Whom I honour , him I trust ' is equivalent to ' I trust him whom I honour ' him is the antecedent , though the PRONOUNS . I2I.
... but the order of the clauses containing the relative and antecedent is sometimes inverted . Thus ' Whom I honour , him I trust ' is equivalent to ' I trust him whom I honour ' him is the antecedent , though the PRONOUNS . I2I.
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... clause introduced by that limits the application of the noun to one of the number . But I cannot say ' My mother that is abroad is ill , ' because the restrictive that would suggest that I have more mothers than one , which is absurd ...
... clause introduced by that limits the application of the noun to one of the number . But I cannot say ' My mother that is abroad is ill , ' because the restrictive that would suggest that I have more mothers than one , which is absurd ...
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... clause . Thus we may say Error ( Noun ) It ( Pronoun ) To err ( Infinitive ) That one should err ( Noun - clause ) is human . When we make an assertion about a thing , we are said in grammatical language to predicate something about the ...
... clause . Thus we may say Error ( Noun ) It ( Pronoun ) To err ( Infinitive ) That one should err ( Noun - clause ) is human . When we make an assertion about a thing , we are said in grammatical language to predicate something about the ...
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... clauses , ' I know ( the fact ) : he lives there ' ; the two clauses are united by the conjunctive adverb where and form one complex sentence . 203. What do Conjunctions join , —Sentences , or Words , or both ? Conjunctions usually ...
... clauses , ' I know ( the fact ) : he lives there ' ; the two clauses are united by the conjunctive adverb where and form one complex sentence . 203. What do Conjunctions join , —Sentences , or Words , or both ? Conjunctions usually ...
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