The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1898 - 304 pages |
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... Compounds and Derivatives XXII . Analysis of Sentences and Parsing XXIII . Syntax of Nouns . XXIV . Syntax of Adjectives and Pronouns XXV . Syntax of Verbs XXVI . Syntax of Adverbs , Conjunctions , and Prepositions . Appendix I ...
... Compounds and Derivatives XXII . Analysis of Sentences and Parsing XXIII . Syntax of Nouns . XXIV . Syntax of Adjectives and Pronouns XXV . Syntax of Verbs XXVI . Syntax of Adverbs , Conjunctions , and Prepositions . Appendix I ...
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... compounds . So was old English , but this power of making new words by the combination of other words seems to have ... compound words can be formed in 1 See Abbott and Seeley's English Lessons , p . 105 . W. E. G. modern German , it ...
... compounds . So was old English , but this power of making new words by the combination of other words seems to have ... compound words can be formed in 1 See Abbott and Seeley's English Lessons , p . 105 . W. E. G. modern German , it ...
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... compound terms are increasingly necessary to express the complex ideas of science , we fall back on Greek to supply our needs . Telephone , microscope , ther- mometer , photograph , are examples of Greek compounds , and , if we ...
... compound terms are increasingly necessary to express the complex ideas of science , we fall back on Greek to supply our needs . Telephone , microscope , ther- mometer , photograph , are examples of Greek compounds , and , if we ...
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... compounds can be formed from it such as mother - country , and derivatives such as motherly ; that it is connected with , though not borrowed from , the Latin mater , Greek μnrp , German mutter , and so forth . Now that part of grammar ...
... compounds can be formed from it such as mother - country , and derivatives such as motherly ; that it is connected with , though not borrowed from , the Latin mater , Greek μnrp , German mutter , and so forth . Now that part of grammar ...
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... compounds . Ch , pronounced as in church , = t + sh , tshurtsh , and j , as in jest , = d + zh , dzhest . The objection may be urged that we have inserted in our list of simple sounds other sounds represented by two letters , zh in ...
... compounds . Ch , pronounced as in church , = t + sh , tshurtsh , and j , as in jest , = d + zh , dzhest . The objection may be urged that we have inserted in our list of simple sounds other sounds represented by two letters , zh in ...
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action adjective Adjuncts adverb alphabet antecedent application apposition auxiliary verb called CHAPTER complete Complex Sentence compound conjugation conjunction consonants construction dative denote derivation diphthongal distinction ellipsis employed ending English Grammar English language English origin English words Etymology examples express feminine following sentences following words French gender genitive German Gerund Give Greek horse illustrate Imperative Mood Indefinite indicative Indirect Object inflexion Intransitive Keltic Latin words letters limiting mark meaning modern English neuter Norman noun or pronoun noun-clause Old English Parse passive Past Participle Past Tense person phrase Pleonasm plural possessive predicate prefix preposition present principal clause pronunciation 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 thing thou tive town transitive verb vocabulary vowel vowel sounds Weak Verbs write written