The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1897 - 288 pages |
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... relative pronoun with a negative attached , ' There is no one who does not think you mad . ' 67. Attempts have been made to reduce these eight parts of speech to a smaller number of groups . Thus words have been arranged in the ...
... relative pronoun with a negative attached , ' There is no one who does not think you mad . ' 67. Attempts have been made to reduce these eight parts of speech to a smaller number of groups . Thus words have been arranged in the ...
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... RELATIVE - that , who INTERROGATIVE - Who V. VI . INDEFINITE - anybody , what , which what , which one , any , certain , other , some anything , aught , naught , somebody , something , nobody , nothing VII . DISTRIBUTIVE each , every ...
... RELATIVE - that , who INTERROGATIVE - Who V. VI . INDEFINITE - anybody , what , which what , which one , any , certain , other , some anything , aught , naught , somebody , something , nobody , nothing VII . DISTRIBUTIVE each , every ...
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... Relative , the adjectives by which the kinds of pronouns are described convey a clearer notion of their characteristic features than these definitions will afford . The student should carefully notice the examples of pronouns given in ...
... Relative , the adjectives by which the kinds of pronouns are described convey a clearer notion of their characteristic features than these definitions will afford . The student should carefully notice the examples of pronouns given in ...
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... . The reader must not suppose however that the earlier history of these obscure forms affords any foundation for this mode of treating them . 128. IV . Relative Pronouns . The characteristic feature of 120 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... . The reader must not suppose however that the earlier history of these obscure forms affords any foundation for this mode of treating them . 128. IV . Relative Pronouns . The characteristic feature of 120 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
Page 121
Alfred Slater West. 128. IV . Relative Pronouns . The characteristic feature of the Relative Pronouns is this : they have the force of conjunctions . Thus , the sentence ' I met the policeman who said there was a disturbance ' contains ...
Alfred Slater West. 128. IV . Relative Pronouns . The characteristic feature of the Relative Pronouns is this : they have the force of conjunctions . Thus , the sentence ' I met the policeman who said there was a disturbance ' contains ...
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