The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1898 - 304 pages |
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Page 50
... 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 .
... 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 .
Page 82
... suffix has disappeared . In trickster , young- ster , gamester , it is employed with an idea of depreciation or contempt . So completely has the original force of the ending been lost that to the feminine forms songster and seamster we ...
... suffix has disappeared . In trickster , young- ster , gamester , it is employed with an idea of depreciation or contempt . So completely has the original force of the ending been lost that to the feminine forms songster and seamster we ...
Page 83
... suffix -ess , borrowed from the French -esse , is the only method of formation which is employed when we make a new feminine word at the present day : so , authoress , doctress . Occupations once reserved to men are now thrown open to ...
... suffix -ess , borrowed from the French -esse , is the only method of formation which is employed when we make a new feminine word at the present day : so , authoress , doctress . Occupations once reserved to men are now thrown open to ...
Page 84
... suffix , meaning ' lord ' or ' male . ' Thus two - thirds of the important part , the root , have been lost , and one - third , a single letter , has been kept , with the whole of the masculine ending . It is as if the word actress were ...
... suffix , meaning ' lord ' or ' male . ' Thus two - thirds of the important part , the root , have been lost , and one - third , a single letter , has been kept , with the whole of the masculine ending . It is as if the word actress were ...
Page 101
... suffixes in French , es , s , or % , owe their origin to the accusative plural forms in as , os , es , or us , of masculine and feminine nouns in Latin . In Old English , nouns had several plural suffixes , the commonest of which was an ...
... suffixes in French , es , s , or % , owe their origin to the accusative plural forms in as , os , es , or us , of masculine and feminine nouns in Latin . In Old English , nouns had several plural suffixes , the commonest of which was an ...
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