Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 pages |
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... sentence . Good is an adjective limiting or restricting the meaning of the word health . Health is a noun . Yesterday is an adverb limiting the application of the verb as regards time . 66. In parsing a word , our first business is to ...
... sentence . Good is an adjective limiting or restricting the meaning of the word health . Health is a noun . Yesterday is an adverb limiting the application of the verb as regards time . 66. In parsing a word , our first business is to ...
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... sentence admits of very little variety in modern English . Brutus occidit Caesarem could be arranged in six ways : Brutus killed Caesar can be arranged in only one . Why ? Because to a Roman the form of the ending would show that Brutus ...
... sentence admits of very little variety in modern English . Brutus occidit Caesarem could be arranged in six ways : Brutus killed Caesar can be arranged in only one . Why ? Because to a Roman the form of the ending would show that Brutus ...
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... sentence containing at least six different parts of speech , and point out in it one example of each . 6. Write short sentences illustrating the use of each of the following words as different parts of speech : -match , mangle , pile ...
... sentence containing at least six different parts of speech , and point out in it one example of each . 6. Write short sentences illustrating the use of each of the following words as different parts of speech : -match , mangle , pile ...
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... sentence would collapse . But to discuss whether noun or verb is the more essential to a sentence seems as useless as it would be to inquire which of the two blades in a pair of scissors does more of the cutting . Sometimes , no doubt ...
... sentence would collapse . But to discuss whether noun or verb is the more essential to a sentence seems as useless as it would be to inquire which of the two blades in a pair of scissors does more of the cutting . Sometimes , no doubt ...
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... sentence contains noun and verb . They are ellip- tical expressions ; a word is omitted which is required to complete the grammatical structure of the sentence , but though omitted it is understood . 73. The definition of a noun ...
... sentence contains noun and verb . They are ellip- tical expressions ; a word is omitted which is required to complete the grammatical structure of the sentence , but though omitted it is understood . 73. The definition of a noun ...
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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