Essentials of English GrammarScholar's Facsimiles & Reprints, 1988 - 290 pages |
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... stands for a feminine gender - noun ; the third NEUTER , because it stands for any noun that is ' nei- ther ' masculine nor feminine . 160. The complete declension , then , of this pronoun is as follows : SINGULAR Masc . Fem . Neut Nom ...
... stands for a feminine gender - noun ; the third NEUTER , because it stands for any noun that is ' nei- ther ' masculine nor feminine . 160. The complete declension , then , of this pronoun is as follows : SINGULAR Masc . Fem . Neut Nom ...
Page 70
... stands as subject of a verb instead of a phrase or clause which is the real subject , and which is then put after the verb : thus , it is not difficult to die ; it is doubtful whether he will come ; it is to you that I speak ; that is ...
... stands as subject of a verb instead of a phrase or clause which is the real subject , and which is then put after the verb : thus , it is not difficult to die ; it is doubtful whether he will come ; it is to you that I speak ; that is ...
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... stands ; you see where ( = in what place ) he stands . And the same thing is true of the compounds of where with prepositions : thus , wherewith , whereby , wherein , and so on ( 314 ) . 186. The conjunction as is sometimes used ...
... stands ; you see where ( = in what place ) he stands . And the same thing is true of the compounds of where with prepositions : thus , wherewith , whereby , wherein , and so on ( 314 ) . 186. The conjunction as is sometimes used ...
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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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