English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms : with a History of Its Origin and Development : Designed for Use in Colleges and SchoolsHarper & Bros., 1884 - 764 pages |
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... Genders of Nouns ... 243 244. Classification of Nouns .... 242 246. Additional Facts ... 246 Page Section 247. English Gender , Philoso- Page Section phic xxii CONTENTS .
... Genders of Nouns ... 243 244. Classification of Nouns .... 242 246. Additional Facts ... 246 Page Section 247. English Gender , Philoso- Page Section phic xxii CONTENTS .
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... Gender , Philoso- Page Section phic 247 248. English Gender , Poetic ... 247 249. Grounds for a choice of 257. Origin of the Term ....... 255 258. The Declension of English Nouns 259. Inflection of the Possess- ive Transition from the ...
... Gender , Philoso- Page Section phic 247 248. English Gender , Poetic ... 247 249. Grounds for a choice of 257. Origin of the Term ....... 255 258. The Declension of English Nouns 259. Inflection of the Possess- ive Transition from the ...
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... genders . 4. Scarcely any compounds appear in verbs or nouns except proper names . 5. Only the consonants were given in the line as real letters . " Of the vowels , only the longer ones , and even these not always , were represented by ...
... genders . 4. Scarcely any compounds appear in verbs or nouns except proper names . 5. Only the consonants were given in the line as real letters . " Of the vowels , only the longer ones , and even these not always , were represented by ...
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... genders , eight cases ; namely , the nominative , vocative , dative , accusative , ab- lative , locative , instrumental , and genitive . It has two voices ; one of which , the active , has two forms , one of them being re- flexive ...
... genders , eight cases ; namely , the nominative , vocative , dative , accusative , ab- lative , locative , instrumental , and genitive . It has two voices ; one of which , the active , has two forms , one of them being re- flexive ...
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... genders , seven cases , a perfect system of prefixes and affixes , and an unlimited power of forming compound words . " Of the three sisters , " says Dankovsky , " one kept faithful to her mother tongue - the Slavonic ; the second gave ...
... genders , seven cases , a perfect system of prefixes and affixes , and an unlimited power of forming compound words . " Of the three sisters , " says Dankovsky , " one kept faithful to her mother tongue - the Slavonic ; the second gave ...
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accent adjective adverb ancient Anglo-Saxon Auxiliary verb C. S. Note called Celtic classification common compound conjugation conjunction connected consonant copula Danish dative denotes derived dialects Diphthong elementary sound English language equivalent etymology example express French Future Perfect Tense gender genitive German Give glish Gothic Gothic language grammar Greek guage idea infinitive mode inflection Italian king Latin language Latin words letters logical loved masculine meaning mind nature nominative noun object origin orthoepy orthography participle Past Tense Perfect Tense personal pronoun phonetic elements phrases plural plural form plural number possessive predicate prefix Present Perfect Present Tense preterit pronunciation proposition QUESTIONS UNDER CHAPTER relation represented Roman root RULE Sanscrit Saxon sense sometimes speak speech spoken stock of languages subjunctive substantive suffix syllable SYNTAX taken term termination Teutonic thee thing thou tion tive tongue transitive verb vowel whence