Essentials of English GrammarScholar's Facsimiles & Reprints, 1988 - 290 pages |
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... DERIVATIVE , or a derivative noun ; and the word from which it is made is called its PRIMITIVE ( which means here ' predecessor , more original ' ) . And the addition th that makes the derivative is called a noun - making SUFFIX ...
... DERIVATIVE , or a derivative noun ; and the word from which it is made is called its PRIMITIVE ( which means here ' predecessor , more original ' ) . And the addition th that makes the derivative is called a noun - making SUFFIX ...
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... derivative or compound when we come to know more about them . To recognize the plain and evident derivation and composition of English words is the proper preparation for studying the history of the obscurer ones . 118. The most ...
... derivative or compound when we come to know more about them . To recognize the plain and evident derivation and composition of English words is the proper preparation for studying the history of the obscurer ones . 118. The most ...
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... derivative , 331 ; conjunction- phrases , 433 ; abbreviation by aid of con- junctions , 486-9 , 491 ; compound mem- bers of sentences , 47 , 327 , 486-7 ; pars -- dom , suffix , 96 , 118 a ing of conjunctions , p . 151 . direct and ...
... derivative , 331 ; conjunction- phrases , 433 ; abbreviation by aid of con- junctions , 486-9 , 491 ; compound mem- bers of sentences , 47 , 327 , 486-7 ; pars -- dom , suffix , 96 , 118 a ing of conjunctions , p . 151 . direct and ...
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