Essentials of English GrammarScholar's Facsimiles & Reprints, 1988 - 290 pages |
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... combination of a subject and a predicate . Whitney's understanding of the binary structure of the sentence links him not only with Maetzner , but also with some of his contemporary grammarians , for example , Samuel Greene , who states ...
... combination of a subject and a predicate . Whitney's understanding of the binary structure of the sentence links him not only with Maetzner , but also with some of his contemporary grammarians , for example , Samuel Greene , who states ...
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... combination of sentences , 411-4 ; combining words , clausen , 415 ; degrees of combination , 416 ; independent clauses , compound sentence , 417-8 ; dependent clauses , complex sentence , 420-4 ; complex sentences with more than one ...
... combination of sentences , 411-4 ; combining words , clausen , 415 ; degrees of combination , 416 ; independent clauses , compound sentence , 417-8 ; dependent clauses , complex sentence , 420-4 ; complex sentences with more than one ...
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William Dwight Whitney. b . A combination of an adjective with a preceding noun that limits it in a variety of ways : thus , lifelike , homesick , milk - white , soul - stirring , knee - high , water - tight . c . A combination of a noun ...
William Dwight Whitney. b . A combination of an adjective with a preceding noun that limits it in a variety of ways : thus , lifelike , homesick , milk - white , soul - stirring , knee - high , water - tight . c . A combination of a noun ...
Contents
LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR 115 pp 15 | 1 |
NOUNS 10848 pp 4665 | 46 |
PRONOUNS 14989 pp 6682 | 66 |
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abbreviation action added adjective or noun adverb qualifies adverb-clause adverbial objective antecedent appositive adjective assertion attributive adjective auxiliary belonging bird called case-form chapter co-ordinate combination complete complex sentences compound conjunctions connecting words construction defined dependent clause derivative described direct object English Grammar English Language especially example Exercise expressed factitive genitive give given hence horse imperative implies inflection interjections interrogative interrogative words intransitive joined kind language Maetzner manner meaning nominative noun or pronoun nouns and adjectives objective predicate parsing passive past participle plural possessive predicate adjective predicate noun present participle preterit pronominal adjective qualifies a verb qualifying a noun relation relative relative pronoun seen shines signify simple sentences singular sometimes speak speech stand subject and predicate subjunctive substantive-clause suffix tence tenses thee thou tion tive transitive verb usually verb-phrases Whitney William Dwight Whitney