The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1897 - 288 pages |
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... speak the English language . When , in our flights of rhetoric or poetry , we declare that we glory in the name of Britons , or sing that Britons never shall be slaves , our intentions are patriotic , but our language is apt to be ...
... speak the English language . When , in our flights of rhetoric or poetry , we declare that we glory in the name of Britons , or sing that Britons never shall be slaves , our intentions are patriotic , but our language is apt to be ...
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... speaking a language like Welsh . They were subjugated by the Romans , who remained here from A.D. 43 to 410. They were then subjugated by the Jutes , Saxons , and Angles , tribes belonging to the Low German branch of the Teutonic stock ...
... speaking a language like Welsh . They were subjugated by the Romans , who remained here from A.D. 43 to 410. They were then subjugated by the Jutes , Saxons , and Angles , tribes belonging to the Low German branch of the Teutonic stock ...
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... speak to - day . Norman lords occupied the lands from which English owners had been ejected . Normans held the higher offices in church and state . Deli- berate efforts were made to extend the use of the French language . Boys at ...
... speak to - day . Norman lords occupied the lands from which English owners had been ejected . Normans held the higher offices in church and state . Deli- berate efforts were made to extend the use of the French language . Boys at ...
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... speak , by which the sentence is bound together . Take these words away , and the sentence tumbles to pieces . Take away the classical words , and we can in most cases substitute for them words of English origin . Again , ( 2 ) by far ...
... speak , by which the sentence is bound together . Take these words away , and the sentence tumbles to pieces . Take away the classical words , and we can in most cases substitute for them words of English origin . Again , ( 2 ) by far ...
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... speak of these migrations with the same certainty which we feel when we speak of the English coming from Schleswig - Holstein , or of the Normans coming from France . In proof of these invasions of Saxons and Normans we can produce ...
... speak of these migrations with the same certainty which we feel when we speak of the English coming from Schleswig - Holstein , or of the Normans coming from France . In proof of these invasions of Saxons and Normans we can produce ...
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action Adjuncts adverb alphabet antecedent applied apposition assertion auxiliary verbs Britons called CHAPTER complete Complex Sentence compound conjugation conjunction consonants construction dative denote derivation diphthongal distinction employed ending English Grammar English language English origin equivalent Etymology examples express feminine following sentences following words French gender genitive German Gerund Give Greek horse illustrate Imperative Mood Indefinite indicative Indirect Object infinitive mood inflexion Intransitive Keltic language Latin words letters limiting mark meaning modern English neuter Norman noun or pronoun noun-clause occur Old English Parse passive Past Participle Past Tense person phrase Pleonasm plural possessive Predicate preposition present principal clause pronunciation relation relative pronoun represented Roman sentence contains signifies Sing singular sometimes sonant speak speech stands Strong Verbs subjunctive mood subordinate clause suffix superlative surd syllable Syntax Teutonic thou tive town transitive verb voice vowel vowel sounds Weak Verbs write written