The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1901 - 304 pages |
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Page 44
... describe as execrable . On the contrary , in the ears of educated people south of the Humber such rhymes are perfect , as the r in morn and fort is silent . Sibilants are hissing sounds . They can be picked out easily from among the ...
... describe as execrable . On the contrary , in the ears of educated people south of the Humber such rhymes are perfect , as the r in morn and fort is silent . Sibilants are hissing sounds . They can be picked out easily from among the ...
Page 61
... Describe some of the anomalies of our modern spelling , and mention words which are not spelt uniformly by standard writers . [ A few typical examples of uncertain orthography are subjoined : add to the list . Judg ( e ) ment , recal ...
... Describe some of the anomalies of our modern spelling , and mention words which are not spelt uniformly by standard writers . [ A few typical examples of uncertain orthography are subjoined : add to the list . Judg ( e ) ment , recal ...
Page 66
... describing our language as an English and not as a Romance language . We now see that there is a further justification for so describing it in the fact that nearly all of the surviving inflexions , which constitute an important part of ...
... describing our language as an English and not as a Romance language . We now see that there is a further justification for so describing it in the fact that nearly all of the surviving inflexions , which constitute an important part of ...
Page 73
... ' we may speak of promising young cricketers as ' youthful Graces . ' When parsing words thus employed , describe them as proper nouns used as if common . Note however that when we speak of ' the Browns ' or ' the NOUNS . 73.
... ' we may speak of promising young cricketers as ' youthful Graces . ' When parsing words thus employed , describe them as proper nouns used as if common . Note however that when we speak of ' the Browns ' or ' the NOUNS . 73.
Page 102
... describe their uses . [ The Latin grammarians represented the nominative by a perpen- dicular and the other cases by lines falling away from it . This symbol Nom . Obj . Poss . 8 . Dat . Abl . explains the origin of some of our terms ...
... describe their uses . [ The Latin grammarians represented the nominative by a perpen- dicular and the other cases by lines falling away from it . This symbol Nom . Obj . Poss . 8 . Dat . Abl . explains the origin of some of our terms ...
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