Essentials of English GrammarScholar's Facsimiles & Reprints, 1988 - 290 pages |
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... form of the verb , hence called the imperative mode ( below , 233 ) : thus , give me the fish ! go away from here ! EXERCISES TO CHAPTER IL FOR DETERMINING AND DEFINING THE PARTS 20 [ 52-55 SENTENCE ; PARTS OF SPEECH .
... form of the verb , hence called the imperative mode ( below , 233 ) : thus , give me the fish ! go away from here ! EXERCISES TO CHAPTER IL FOR DETERMINING AND DEFINING THE PARTS 20 [ 52-55 SENTENCE ; PARTS OF SPEECH .
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... Hence , in classifying the verbs of the Old conjugation , we do not try to distinguish the irregular from the regular ones , and merely group to- gether those which , as we use them now , are on the whole most alike in their inflection ...
... Hence , in classifying the verbs of the Old conjugation , we do not try to distinguish the irregular from the regular ones , and merely group to- gether those which , as we use them now , are on the whole most alike in their inflection ...
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... hence . 326. There are many phrases , combinations of independent words , which are used in a way so like that in which prepo- sitions are used that they are conveniently and properly enough treated as equivalents of prepositions , or ...
... hence . 326. There are many phrases , combinations of independent words , which are used in a way so like that in which prepo- sitions are used that they are conveniently and properly enough treated as equivalents of prepositions , or ...
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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