Essentials of English GrammarScholar's Facsimiles & Reprints, 1988 - 290 pages |
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... his attention is first directed to that which most needs to be learned , unencumbered with burdensome detail , and if a clear method is followed , with abundance of illustration . English grammar can in this way be made to pay iv PREFACE .
... his attention is first directed to that which most needs to be learned , unencumbered with burdensome detail , and if a clear method is followed , with abundance of illustration . English grammar can in this way be made to pay iv PREFACE .
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... followed in the case of a combination of two names , of a name preceded by a title , of a noun preceded or followed by descriptive or limiting words , and so on : thus , George Washington's hatchet ; Queen Elizabeth's ruff ; Mr. John ...
... followed in the case of a combination of two names , of a name preceded by a title , of a noun preceded or followed by descriptive or limiting words , and so on : thus , George Washington's hatchet ; Queen Elizabeth's ruff ; Mr. John ...
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... followed by a preposition with its object , the latter is sometimes made the subject of the corresponding passive phrase . Thus , the sentence we take no notice of such fellows may be made passive either as or as And for no notice is ...
... followed by a preposition with its object , the latter is sometimes made the subject of the corresponding passive phrase . Thus , the sentence we take no notice of such fellows may be made passive either as or as And for no notice is ...
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