The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1897 - 288 pages |
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... tive Method of English , of Dr Angus's Handbook of the English Tongue ( in which the principles of syntax are discussed with more than the ordinary detail ) , of Mr Low's English Language , of Prof. Meiklejohn's English Language , of Dr ...
... tive Method of English , of Dr Angus's Handbook of the English Tongue ( in which the principles of syntax are discussed with more than the ordinary detail ) , of Mr Low's English Language , of Prof. Meiklejohn's English Language , of Dr ...
Page 22
... tive as a permanent resting - place , a district with a river at hand and pasture for the herds . And here the descendants of these emigrants would remain until in their case was repeated the history of what had happened to their fore ...
... tive as a permanent resting - place , a district with a river at hand and pasture for the herds . And here the descendants of these emigrants would remain until in their case was repeated the history of what had happened to their fore ...
Page 69
... tives are , at any rate sometimes , names of things ; that black is the name of all black objects , -horses , ink , marble , etc. — round the name of all round objects , —the moon , a cricket - ball , a wheel , a watch - glass , etc ...
... tives are , at any rate sometimes , names of things ; that black is the name of all black objects , -horses , ink , marble , etc. — round the name of all round objects , —the moon , a cricket - ball , a wheel , a watch - glass , etc ...
Page 89
... tive , only the noun takes the sign of the plural : courts - martial , knights- errant . v . Nouns compounded with man form their plural in men , with the exception of Norman . Notice however that several proper nouns with this ending ...
... tive , only the noun takes the sign of the plural : courts - martial , knights- errant . v . Nouns compounded with man form their plural in men , with the exception of Norman . Notice however that several proper nouns with this ending ...
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... tive . The form of the word town does not show its rela- tion to the rest of the sentence : the position of the word , or its context , shows its relation . We must not how- ever interpret our definition too rigorously . If we found ...
... tive . The form of the word town does not show its rela- tion to the rest of the sentence : the position of the word , or its context , shows its relation . We must not how- ever interpret our definition too rigorously . If we found ...
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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