Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 pages |
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... contains a large Italic element , has received considerable additions to its vocabulary from the Hellenic source , and possesses a slight Keltic in- gredient . Thus four different stocks have contributed to its formation : it is a mixed ...
... contains a large Italic element , has received considerable additions to its vocabulary from the Hellenic source , and possesses a slight Keltic in- gredient . Thus four different stocks have contributed to its formation : it is a mixed ...
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... contains also Arabic . Besides the Aryan and the Semitic Family , other distinct groups of languages spoken in various parts of the world have been recognised , e.g. the languages of China , of Farther India , of Japan , of South ...
... contains also Arabic . Besides the Aryan and the Semitic Family , other distinct groups of languages spoken in various parts of the world have been recognised , e.g. the languages of China , of Farther India , of Japan , of South ...
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... contains . We shall classify these sounds . We shall touch upon some of the tendencies to substitute one sound for another and look for an explanation of these tendencies . That branch of the subject which has to do with topics of this ...
... contains . We shall classify these sounds . We shall touch upon some of the tendencies to substitute one sound for another and look for an explanation of these tendencies . That branch of the subject which has to do with topics of this ...
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... contain Orthoëpy but not Orthography . If a language is a dead language , -if it is written but no longer spoken , -its grammar will contain Orthography , but its Orthoëpy will be uncertain or impossible . But either Orthography or ...
... contain Orthoëpy but not Orthography . If a language is a dead language , -if it is written but no longer spoken , -its grammar will contain Orthography , but its Orthoëpy will be uncertain or impossible . But either Orthography or ...
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... contain composi- tions in metre amongst their oldest literary possessions . This is natur- ally the case , since verse ... contains the following departments , -Orthoëpy , Or- thography , Etymology , and Syntax . Orthoëpy deals with the ...
... contain composi- tions in metre amongst their oldest literary possessions . This is natur- ally the case , since verse ... contains the following departments , -Orthoëpy , Or- thography , Etymology , and Syntax . Orthoëpy deals with the ...
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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 diphthongs distinction ellipsis employed 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 infinitive inflexion Intransitive Keltic language Latin words letters limiting mark meaning modern English neuter Norman noun or pronoun occur Old English Parse passive Past Participle Past Tense Periodic Sentences person phrase plural possessive predicate prefix preposition present principal clause pronunciation question reader relative pronoun represented Roman sentence contains signifies Sing singular sometimes sonant sound speak speech Strong Verbs style subjunctive mood subordinate clause suffix superlative surd syllable Syntax Teutonic thing thou town transitive verb vocabulary vowel vowel-sounds write