The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1898 - 304 pages |
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... Tell him that " English Grammar without a reference to the older forms must appear alto- gether anomalous , inconsistent , and unintelligible , " and he will say that , if it is necessary to encounter grim battalions of these older ...
... Tell him that " English Grammar without a reference to the older forms must appear alto- gether anomalous , inconsistent , and unintelligible , " and he will say that , if it is necessary to encounter grim battalions of these older ...
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... tell us that these Aryans lived in towns , kept cattle , ploughed the ground , used metals , made boats , could count up to a hundred , recognised family relations , and had various names for God . And the line of argument by which they ...
... tell us that these Aryans lived in towns , kept cattle , ploughed the ground , used metals , made boats , could count up to a hundred , recognised family relations , and had various names for God . And the line of argument by which they ...
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... - thongal sounds which they tell us are compounds or mixtures . We should be surprised , if a writer on chemistry added to his enumeration of elementary substances air , 1 water , earth , and coal - gas . We 46 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... - thongal sounds which they tell us are compounds or mixtures . We should be surprised , if a writer on chemistry added to his enumeration of elementary substances air , 1 water , earth , and coal - gas . We 46 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
Page 147
... Tell me he that knows . ' This latter use of the subjunctive is almost obsolete , even in poetry . We should now say ' Let us go , ' ' Let him tell . ' ( 2 ) a purpose : ' Work lest thou lose the prize , ' ' Mind that the letter be ...
... Tell me he that knows . ' This latter use of the subjunctive is almost obsolete , even in poetry . We should now say ' Let us go , ' ' Let him tell . ' ( 2 ) a purpose : ' Work lest thou lose the prize , ' ' Mind that the letter be ...
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... telling , the mood is indicative , if told = were telling , the mood is subjunctive . Similarly , ' I could do it if I liked ' resolves itself into ' I were able to do it if I were willing ' : it would be impossible to replace could by ...
... telling , the mood is indicative , if told = were telling , the mood is subjunctive . Similarly , ' I could do it if I liked ' resolves itself into ' I were able to do it if I were willing ' : it would be impossible to replace could by ...
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