The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1897 - 288 pages |
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Page v
... students , a different choice of materials would often have been made , and the materials chosen would have been treated in a different fashion . Hence it will be found that in the following pages no mention is made of some of the ...
... students , a different choice of materials would often have been made , and the materials chosen would have been treated in a different fashion . Hence it will be found that in the following pages no mention is made of some of the ...
Page vii
... students would be too many for juniors . As each chapter usually completes the treatment of some important and distinct branch of the subject , the chapters vary greatly in length , and the amount to be prepared for each lesson must be ...
... students would be too many for juniors . As each chapter usually completes the treatment of some important and distinct branch of the subject , the chapters vary greatly in length , and the amount to be prepared for each lesson must be ...
Page 6
... students out of many lands to acquire from these learned exiles a knowledge of ancient literature . Curiosity respecting Greek and Roman antiquities spread widely , and Greek and Latin writers were zealously read . The con- sequence was ...
... students out of many lands to acquire from these learned exiles a knowledge of ancient literature . Curiosity respecting Greek and Roman antiquities spread widely , and Greek and Latin writers were zealously read . The con- sequence was ...
Page 42
... student shall learn it by heart , but in order that he may test each sound under its proper heading for himself , and observe how the organ of the voice from which it derives its class - name is brought into play in its production . Lip ...
... student shall learn it by heart , but in order that he may test each sound under its proper heading for himself , and observe how the organ of the voice from which it derives its class - name is brought into play in its production . Lip ...
Page 52
... student must observe that none of these aspirated mutes occur in English . The aspirated mute ph is not the ƒ sound of photograph : it is the ph of uphold . The th is not the sound which we have in thin : it is the sound which we have ...
... student must observe that none of these aspirated mutes occur in English . The aspirated mute ph is not the ƒ sound of photograph : it is the ph of uphold . The th is not the sound which we have in thin : it is the sound which we have ...
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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