The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1897 - 288 pages |
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Page 55
... separate signs , -zh , sh , dh , th , ng . This brings up the deficiency to fifteen . If signs are supplied for the five diphthongal sounds , the total number of new letters which we should require amounts to twenty . We saw that the ...
... separate signs , -zh , sh , dh , th , ng . This brings up the deficiency to fifteen . If signs are supplied for the five diphthongal sounds , the total number of new letters which we should require amounts to twenty . We saw that the ...
Page 61
... separately is called Etymology : the part which treats of words as forming portions of a sentence is called Syntax . In dealing with Etymology we shall often find it useful to cross the confines of Syntax . 64. Etymology deals with the ...
... separately is called Etymology : the part which treats of words as forming portions of a sentence is called Syntax . In dealing with Etymology we shall often find it useful to cross the confines of Syntax . 64. Etymology deals with the ...
Page 62
... separate functions in a sentence . The following sentence contains eight words , and the part played by every one of the eight is different : " Oh ! and was he in good health yesterday ? " Oh is an interjection , a sound expressing ...
... separate functions in a sentence . The following sentence contains eight words , and the part played by every one of the eight is different : " Oh ! and was he in good health yesterday ? " Oh is an interjection , a sound expressing ...
Page 69
... separate class ? If Brown says ' I broke the window , ' is not I the name of the thing about which the assertion is made , just as much as Brown or the boy is , when we say ' Brown broke the window , ' or ' The boy broke the window ...
... separate class ? If Brown says ' I broke the window , ' is not I the name of the thing about which the assertion is made , just as much as Brown or the boy is , when we say ' Brown broke the window , ' or ' The boy broke the window ...
Page 75
... separate the boy's stupidity or fatness and say ' There is the boy , and here I have got his stupidity . ' But though the quali- ties have no separate and independent existence , we can consider them separately . We can abstract our ...
... separate the boy's stupidity or fatness and say ' There is the boy , and here I have got his stupidity . ' But though the quali- ties have no separate and independent existence , we can consider them separately . We can abstract our ...
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action Adjuncts adverb alphabet antecedent applied apposition assertion auxiliary verbs Britons called CHAPTER complete Complex Sentence compound conjugation conjunction consonants construction dative denote derivation diphthongal distinction employed ending English Grammar English language English origin equivalent Etymology examples express feminine following sentences following words French gender genitive German Gerund Give Greek horse illustrate Imperative Mood Indefinite indicative Indirect Object infinitive mood inflexion Intransitive Keltic language Latin words letters limiting mark meaning modern English neuter Norman noun or pronoun noun-clause occur Old English Parse passive Past Participle Past Tense person phrase Pleonasm plural possessive Predicate preposition present principal clause pronunciation relation relative pronoun represented Roman sentence contains signifies Sing singular sometimes sonant speak speech stands Strong Verbs subjunctive mood subordinate clause suffix superlative surd syllable Syntax Teutonic thou tive town transitive verb voice vowel vowel sounds Weak Verbs write written