Essentials of English GrammarScholar's Facsimiles & Reprints, 1988 - 290 pages |
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William Dwight Whitney. CHAPTER X. PREPOSITIONS . 319. A preposition , as we have already seen ( 44-6 ) , is not a word that names or points out or asserts or qualifies or describes anything ; it only shows a relation . It is a word that ...
William Dwight Whitney. CHAPTER X. PREPOSITIONS . 319. A preposition , as we have already seen ( 44-6 ) , is not a word that names or points out or asserts or qualifies or describes anything ; it only shows a relation . It is a word that ...
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... preposition and its object is called by different names . 322. But a preposition not unfrequently takes for its object an adverb ( of place or time ) : thus , from above , from behind , since then , before then , till now , to here , at ...
... preposition and its object is called by different names . 322. But a preposition not unfrequently takes for its object an adverb ( of place or time ) : thus , from above , from behind , since then , before then , till now , to here , at ...
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... preposition and noun , often with an adjective qualifying the noun : thus , there is in that place ; now is at this time ; hastily is with haste , or in a hasty manner ; and so on . Many prepositional adverb - phrases have assumed such ...
... preposition and noun , often with an adjective qualifying the noun : thus , there is in that place ; now is at this time ; hastily is with haste , or in a hasty manner ; and so on . Many prepositional adverb - phrases have assumed such ...
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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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action added addition adjective adverb already appositive assertion auxiliary belonging better bird called chapter character clause combination comes common complete compound condition conjugation conjunctions connection construction corresponding defined dependent derivative described direct English especially example Exercise expressed feeling followed gave give given gone grammar hand hence horse imperative implies infinitive inflection interrogative irregular joined kind language less limit living look loved manner meaning mode never noticed noun noun or pronoun object parsing participle passive past perfect person phrases plural pointed possessive predicate preposition present preterit pronoun qualifying regarded regular relation relative rules seen sense sentence separate signify simple singular sometimes sound speak speech stand statement taken tenses thing thou thought tive turned usually verb verb-phrases whole words