A Grammar Containing the Etymology and Syntax of the English Language: For Advanced Grammar Grades, and for High Schools, Academies, EtcHarper & Brothers, 1878 - 256 pages |
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... Greek or Latin , for instance ; but it is foreign to the nature of the English tongue . English has but few inflections , and it resorts to other devices for denoting the grammatical peculiarities of words . Thus , it has but one ...
... Greek or Latin , for instance ; but it is foreign to the nature of the English tongue . English has but few inflections , and it resorts to other devices for denoting the grammatical peculiarities of words . Thus , it has but one ...
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... Greek plurals , but are now treated as singular . Thus , " Mathematics is an im- proving study ; " " Optics is the science of light . " - 29. Plurals only . Some nouns , the names of things consisting of more than one part or forming a ...
... Greek plurals , but are now treated as singular . Thus , " Mathematics is an im- proving study ; " " Optics is the science of light . " - 29. Plurals only . Some nouns , the names of things consisting of more than one part or forming a ...
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... Greek nouns adopted into our language retain the Greek endings in the plural : thus- Nouns in is form the plural in es ; as , crisis , crises . 66 66 66 66 66 66 on a ; as , phenomenon , phenomena . 32. Proper Nouns . - When proper ...
... Greek nouns adopted into our language retain the Greek endings in the plural : thus- Nouns in is form the plural in es ; as , crisis , crises . 66 66 66 66 66 66 on a ; as , phenomenon , phenomena . 32. Proper Nouns . - When proper ...
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... Greek grammar , and also from gender in the Anglo - Saxon form of our speech . In Latin , Greek , and various other languages , the gender of a noun is generally determined , not by the sex or non - sex of the object denoted , but by ...
... Greek grammar , and also from gender in the Anglo - Saxon form of our speech . In Latin , Greek , and various other languages , the gender of a noun is generally determined , not by the sex or non - sex of the object denoted , but by ...
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... Greek ...... hero FEMININE . execu - trix hero - ine But it will be observed that we cannot , as in the case of ess , em- ploy these endings in forming new feminines . EXERCISE 3 . State the gender of the following words : 1. Cow ; lass ...
... Greek ...... hero FEMININE . execu - trix hero - ine But it will be observed that we cannot , as in the case of ess , em- ploy these endings in forming new feminines . EXERCISE 3 . State the gender of the following words : 1. Cow ; lass ...
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active voice adjective clause adjective element adjunct adverbial element adverbial phrase ANALYSIS Anglo-Saxon antecedent apposition attributive auxiliary called comma common noun comparative complement complex sentence compound sentence conjugation connected construction Define degree denote direct object ellipsis English Grammar EXERCISE expression feminine following sentences apply gerund grammatical form grammatical predicate grammatical subject Hence imperative mood indicative mood infinitive inflection interjection interrogative intransitive irregular language Latin learning limiting adjectives loved masculine gender meaning Model for Parsing modifying the noun noun or pronoun Parse etymologically passive voice past participle past tense Perfect Tense person and number personal pronoun possessive POTENTIAL MOOD predicate verb preposition principal pronominal adjective proper noun qualifying adjective relative pronoun second person sentence containing sentences apply Rule simple sentence singular number SPECIAL RULE speech statement subjunctive mood subordinate conjunction substantive suffix superlative term thing third person Thou tion tive transitive verb verbal violations of Rule
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