English Grammar: With Chapters on Composition, Versification, Paraphrasing, and PunctuationD. C. Heath, 1901 - 268 pages |
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Common terms and phrases
abstract nouns accented syllable adjectival sentence adjective adverb Adverbial Sentence amphibrachs Analyse anapæstic Cæsar cæsura called cognate cognate object comes Compare compound conjunctions connected consonant dactyls dative denotes derived Direct Object doublet English language English words Enlargement EXERCISE Extension feminine following words French function Future Perfect Tense gender gerund Give examples govern Grammar Greek Hence hybrids iambic iambic pentameter Imperative Mood INDICATIVE MOOD infinitive inflexion Intransitive Julius Cæsar kind king Latin masculine meaning Milton modifies neuter nominative noun sentence Paraphrase Parse the words participle passage passive past tense Perfect Tense person phrase plural possessive Predicate prefixes preposition Present Perfect principal sentence rhymes root RULE Shakespeare Show simple sentences Singular sometimes sound speak speech striking struck Subject Subjunctive Mood subordinate sentences suffix syntax tences things thou tive transitive verb trochees unaccented verse vowel walked words in italics write