The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1897 - 288 pages |
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Page vii
... been beating the air , when the use of a concrete example enables him to drive his point home at once . To meet his needs , a good supply of sentences for correction has been added to the concluding chapters PREFACE . vii.
... been beating the air , when the use of a concrete example enables him to drive his point home at once . To meet his needs , a good supply of sentences for correction has been added to the concluding chapters PREFACE . vii.
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... once Roman military stations . So in Lin - coln we have colonia : in Wall's End and Old Bailey , vallum appears in disguise . When the English arrived and found a place called ' Chester , ' they would continue to call it ' Chester ...
... once Roman military stations . So in Lin - coln we have colonia : in Wall's End and Old Bailey , vallum appears in disguise . When the English arrived and found a place called ' Chester , ' they would continue to call it ' Chester ...
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... have come into the language indirectly , Latin words ' once removed . ' This Latin element is called the Latin of the Third Period . Now , if we consider how complete the Norman Conquest CONSTITUENTS OF THE VOCABULARY . II.
... have come into the language indirectly , Latin words ' once removed . ' This Latin element is called the Latin of the Third Period . Now , if we consider how complete the Norman Conquest CONSTITUENTS OF THE VOCABULARY . II.
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... once and only once . That , and , if , count as one English word each , and regularise , generalise , secondary , count as one word each . But we can hardly make a sentence without bringing in such words as that , and , if , whilst we ...
... once and only once . That , and , if , count as one English word each , and regularise , generalise , secondary , count as one word each . But we can hardly make a sentence without bringing in such words as that , and , if , whilst we ...
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... once occupied by the Danes , called the Danelagh , in the north and east of England . Fell , as in ' Scawfell , ' force , ' a water - fall , ' as in ' Stockgill - force , ' are other examples of Danish geographical names . To the Danes ...
... once occupied by the Danes , called the Danelagh , in the north and east of England . Fell , as in ' Scawfell , ' force , ' a water - fall , ' as in ' Stockgill - force , ' are other examples of Danish geographical names . To the Danes ...
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