Essentials of English GrammarScholar's Facsimiles & Reprints, 1988 - 290 pages |
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... usually called its CONJUGATION ( the name means only a ' joining together ' of the various verb - forms ) ; and the verb is said to be CONJUGATED . 67. We sum this up by saying : Inflection is the change of form of a word , depending on ...
... usually called its CONJUGATION ( the name means only a ' joining together ' of the various verb - forms ) ; and the verb is said to be CONJUGATED . 67. We sum this up by saying : Inflection is the change of form of a word , depending on ...
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... usually speak of nouns as having an objective case , only one that is always the same with the nominative . And we speak of both verbs and prepositions as GOVERN- ING in the objective the word that is their object , because it is ...
... usually speak of nouns as having an objective case , only one that is always the same with the nominative . And we speak of both verbs and prepositions as GOVERN- ING in the objective the word that is their object , because it is ...
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... usually express by to or for : for example , he gave me the book ; I made him a coat ; they paid the man his wages ; we forgive our friends their faults . In the first sentence , me points out to whom the action of giving the book was ...
... usually express by to or for : for example , he gave me the book ; I made him a coat ; they paid the man his wages ; we forgive our friends their faults . In the first sentence , me points out to whom the action of giving the book was ...
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