The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1897 - 288 pages |
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... given here : ( 1 ) Who were these settlers ? ( 2 ) Where did they come from ? ( 1 ) They were Teutonic tribes . The people , whom we call Germans , call themselves Deutsch . The word is familiar to us in the form Dutch . The Romans ...
... given here : ( 1 ) Who were these settlers ? ( 2 ) Where did they come from ? ( 1 ) They were Teutonic tribes . The people , whom we call Germans , call themselves Deutsch . The word is familiar to us in the form Dutch . The Romans ...
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... given , nor is it a matter of much importance to settle the point one way or the other . When Saxons and Angles were united in England against a common enemy , they called themselves ' Englishmen . ' If the use of the word leads people ...
... given , nor is it a matter of much importance to settle the point one way or the other . When Saxons and Angles were united in England against a common enemy , they called themselves ' Englishmen . ' If the use of the word leads people ...
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... given by the British inhabitant to the river in his neigh- bourhood , would be preserved by the English settler . Hence we have upwards of a dozen rivers called ' Avon ' in England , and ' Ex ' in various disguises is even more common ...
... given by the British inhabitant to the river in his neigh- bourhood , would be preserved by the English settler . Hence we have upwards of a dozen rivers called ' Avon ' in England , and ' Ex ' in various disguises is even more common ...
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... given to chemistry or physiology has therefore been wasted . An intelligent man likes to understand the things which he sees around him . These things are too numerous for us to understand much of many of them . We must pick and choose ...
... given to chemistry or physiology has therefore been wasted . An intelligent man likes to understand the things which he sees around him . These things are too numerous for us to understand much of many of them . We must pick and choose ...
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... given to another department of Gram- mar , called Prosody . The aspect of this word must not mislead the reader into thinking that Prosody has to do with prose , for prose is just what Prosody does not deal with . Prosody has to do with ...
... given to another department of Gram- mar , called Prosody . The aspect of this word must not mislead the reader into thinking that Prosody has to do with prose , for prose is just what Prosody does not deal with . Prosody has to do with ...
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