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Abstract accented addition Adjective Adverbs Anglo-Saxon Antecedent called changed combination comparative concord Conjunctions Conjunctive Mood connected consonant copula Crown 8vo dative declension denotes dialects DICTIONARY Edition England English Language Etymology expressions father fire gender German governs grammar Greek Hence horse Infinitive Mood inflection John JOHN STUART MILL JOHN TYNDALL Latin letter Lithuanic means metre mortal Mosogothic neuter nominative noun object Old High German Old Saxon original Past Tense Perfect Person Singular Plural Number possessive Post 8vo preceded predicate present English Present Participle Present Tense Preterit pronoun proposition PUBLISHED BY LONGMANS question quoth R. A. PROCTOR reduplication respect rhymes rule Saxon Scotch second person sense sentence shining sound speak speech strike substantive summer superlative syllable Syntax term thou tion tive transitive verbs true verb Verbal vols vowel walk West-Saxon whilst Woodcuts words write
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