The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1898 - 304 pages |
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... ending -by , which means ' town , ' as in Derby , Whitby : the same word is preserved in bye - law . This ending occurs for the most part in the district once occupied by the Danes , called the Danelagh , in the north and east of ...
... ending -by , which means ' town , ' as in Derby , Whitby : the same word is preserved in bye - law . This ending occurs for the most part in the district once occupied by the Danes , called the Danelagh , in the north and east of ...
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... ending in a surd sound , e.g. pat , and the result can be pronounced as it is written , pats . But add s to a noun ending in a sonant sound , e.g. pad , and the result cannot be pronounced as it is written , pads . What we do pronounce ...
... ending in a surd sound , e.g. pat , and the result can be pronounced as it is written , pats . But add s to a noun ending in a sonant sound , e.g. pad , and the result cannot be pronounced as it is written , pads . What we do pronounce ...
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... ending . This process is called Umlaut . Thus the addition of the suffix turns cat into kitten , cock into chicken , thumb into thimble , fox into vixen . ( 4 ) Metathesis . Sometimes the order of the 50 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... ending . This process is called Umlaut . Thus the addition of the suffix turns cat into kitten , cock into chicken , thumb into thimble , fox into vixen . ( 4 ) Metathesis . Sometimes the order of the 50 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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... endings , and auxiliaries instead of inflexions in verbs . ( 2 ) The order of words in a sentence admits of very little ... ending would show that Brutus was the subject and Caesarem the object , whether either word stood first , second ...
... endings , and auxiliaries instead of inflexions in verbs . ( 2 ) The order of words in a sentence admits of very little ... ending would show that Brutus was the subject and Caesarem the object , whether either word stood first , second ...
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... endings , of words indicating gender may be classified thus : Of English origin { -ster , in spinster -en , in vixen -ess ... ending been lost that to the feminine forms songster and seamster we have added the inflexion -ess , making ...
... endings , of words indicating gender may be classified thus : Of English origin { -ster , in spinster -en , in vixen -ess ... ending been lost that to the feminine forms songster and seamster we have added the inflexion -ess , making ...
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