The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1898 - 304 pages |
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Page xi
... Gender X. Inflexion of Nouns . II . Number XI . Inflexion of Nouns . XII . Adjectives XIII . Inflexion of Adjectives XIV . Pronouns XV . Verbs XVI . III . Case Inflexions of Verbs XVII . Auxiliary and Defective Verbs Adverbs XVIII . XIX ...
... Gender X. Inflexion of Nouns . II . Number XI . Inflexion of Nouns . XII . Adjectives XIII . Inflexion of Adjectives XIV . Pronouns XV . Verbs XVI . III . Case Inflexions of Verbs XVII . Auxiliary and Defective Verbs Adverbs XVIII . XIX ...
Page 65
... gender . All these modifications of form , -s , ed , er , ess , —are inflexions . Sometimes we have inflexion without the addition of anything to the word at all . Man makes its plural men , goose makes geese , drink makes its past ...
... gender . All these modifications of form , -s , ed , er , ess , —are inflexions . Sometimes we have inflexion without the addition of anything to the word at all . Man makes its plural men , goose makes geese , drink makes its past ...
Page 80
... gender , i.e. of neither masculine nor feminine gender . Some nouns are used to denote objects of either sex , such as parent , sovereign painter , attendant . These nouns are said to be of common gender . 83. Comparing gender in ...
... gender , i.e. of neither masculine nor feminine gender . Some nouns are used to denote objects of either sex , such as parent , sovereign painter , attendant . These nouns are said to be of common gender . 83. Comparing gender in ...
Page 81
... gender in the adjectives : our adjectives have no inflexions of gender , number , or case . We say good man , good woman , good thing . Hence for a foreigner learning English there are only two points requiring atten- tion in reference ...
... gender in the adjectives : our adjectives have no inflexions of gender , number , or case . We say good man , good woman , good thing . Hence for a foreigner learning English there are only two points requiring atten- tion in reference ...
Page 82
... Gender marked by Inflexion . The suf- fixes , i.e. the terminations , or endings , of words indicating gender may be classified thus : Of English origin { -ster , in spinster -en , in vixen -ess , Norman French , countess -trix , Latin ...
... Gender marked by Inflexion . The suf- fixes , i.e. the terminations , or endings , of words indicating gender may be classified thus : Of English origin { -ster , in spinster -en , in vixen -ess , Norman French , countess -trix , Latin ...
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