A System of English GrammarOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 168 pages |
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... original . As I have in no case manufactured a sentence for the purpose of obtaining an error to refute , so I have never falsified a quotation by leaving out supplement- ary clauses . When this is done , and words between which a ...
... original . As I have in no case manufactured a sentence for the purpose of obtaining an error to refute , so I have never falsified a quotation by leaving out supplement- ary clauses . When this is done , and words between which a ...
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... original part of speech ? Who has given the most satisfactory account of the origin of prepositions and conjunctions ? Describe the probable process by which secondary meanings came to be attached to prepositions . 2. Quote or make ...
... original part of speech ? Who has given the most satisfactory account of the origin of prepositions and conjunctions ? Describe the probable process by which secondary meanings came to be attached to prepositions . 2. Quote or make ...
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... more often , are not considered inflections . 75. Inflection is used to modify the meaning attached to the original word ; but some classes of words are susceptible of only one meaning . This fact gives rise to 40 ETYMOLOGY .
... more often , are not considered inflections . 75. Inflection is used to modify the meaning attached to the original word ; but some classes of words are susceptible of only one meaning . This fact gives rise to 40 ETYMOLOGY .
Page 43
... original plurals , and mere English scholars are very apt to blunder in the use of them , if they are not careful to make themselves familiar with each word separately . We subjoin a list of those most generally in use . From the Latin ...
... original plurals , and mere English scholars are very apt to blunder in the use of them , if they are not careful to make themselves familiar with each word separately . We subjoin a list of those most generally in use . From the Latin ...
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... originals ended ins in the possessive or not . Whichever theory be adopted , we are obliged to confess that there has been an arbitrary transference of a contraction from a place where it was appropriate to one where it was not . The ...
... originals ended ins in the possessive or not . Whichever theory be adopted , we are obliged to confess that there has been an arbitrary transference of a contraction from a place where it was appropriate to one where it was not . The ...
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abstract nouns Adam Smith adverb affirmed AFFIXES Alison Alnascar ascer assertion belong Cæsar called class of words clause common comparative comparison compound conjunction connected connexion considered consonant copula correct dative Defective Verbs definition denoting derived distinction English language error etymology examples EXERCISE expressed feminine Future Perfect Tense gender give grammar grammarians Greek Hallam idea indicates Infinitive inflection James reads John king Latham Latin mark masculine meaning Milton mind moods nature neuter nominative nouns substantive Numeral Adjectives object observed original orthography parsing passive voice PAST TENSE Perfect Participle plural possessive POTENTIAL MOOD predicate preposition Present Tense principle pupil qualifying the noun refer relative pronoun remark represent respect rules of syntax sense Shakspeare signification singular sometimes sort sound speak speech spoken superlative thee thing Thou thought tion tive transitive verb truth verb violated vowel Wordsworth write