Essentials of English GrammarScholar's Facsimiles & Reprints, 1988 - 290 pages |
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... relation of nearness , as in he sits by the wall , or of means , as in he lives by begging ; from shows the relation of removal , as in far from home ; under and over show relations of place , as in the picture hangs under the ceiling ...
... relation of nearness , as in he sits by the wall , or of means , as in he lives by begging ; from shows the relation of removal , as in far from home ; under and over show relations of place , as in the picture hangs under the ceiling ...
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... relation . It is a word that connects other words , showing the relation be- tween them . Regularly and usually , a preposition is followed by a noun or pronoun . It is a connecting word by which a noun or pronoun is made to limit some ...
... relation . It is a word that connects other words , showing the relation be- tween them . Regularly and usually , a preposition is followed by a noun or pronoun . It is a connecting word by which a noun or pronoun is made to limit some ...
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... relation to the " governing " verb is so close and immediate as not to admit the help of any auxiliary word , as a prepo- sition , to define it . 364. But some verbs take , along with such a direct object , another of a different ...
... relation to the " governing " verb is so close and immediate as not to admit the help of any auxiliary word , as a prepo- sition , to define it . 364. But some verbs take , along with such a direct object , another of a different ...
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