A Grammar of Late Modern English: For the Use of Continental, Especially Dutch, Students, Part 1P. Noordhoff, 1904 |
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... supplied by myself . In the 1 ) The sham - subject is called loos onderwerp by DEN HERTOG ( NEDERLANDSCHE SPRAAKKUNST , I , § 12 ) . Compare also PAUL , PRINCIPIEN , § 91 . references the Arabic numbers when not preceded by any letter V.
... supplied by myself . In the 1 ) The sham - subject is called loos onderwerp by DEN HERTOG ( NEDERLANDSCHE SPRAAKKUNST , I , § 12 ) . Compare also PAUL , PRINCIPIEN , § 91 . references the Arabic numbers when not preceded by any letter V.
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... preceded by any letter or sign , almost regularly mark the page ; excepted are only those attached to quo- tations from dramatic works and from the AUTHORIZED VERSION . The expansion of some of the less obvious abbreviations is given ...
... preceded by any letter or sign , almost regularly mark the page ; excepted are only those attached to quo- tations from dramatic works and from the AUTHORIZED VERSION . The expansion of some of the less obvious abbreviations is given ...
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... often answers to the Dutch zich ont- wikkelen tot . To turn when connected with an adjective is expressive of both sudden and gradual change ; before a noun it implies a voluntary act on the part of the seldom preceded 11.
... often answers to the Dutch zich ont- wikkelen tot . To turn when connected with an adjective is expressive of both sudden and gradual change ; before a noun it implies a voluntary act on the part of the seldom preceded 11.
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... preceded by any qualifying word . poet ; but not He turned a great poet . subject . This noun is Thus we say He turned to become . i . When it became dark , he lighted the rushlight . VAN . FAIR , I , CH . VII , 71 . The horses became ...
... preceded by any qualifying word . poet ; but not He turned a great poet . subject . This noun is Thus we say He turned to become . i . When it became dark , he lighted the rushlight . VAN . FAIR , I , CH . VII , 71 . The horses became ...
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... preceded by the personal pronoun it . The use of this it is due to an exchanging of subject and predicate . Thus A glazier is a man whose duty is to fix panes of glass in a window ( ANNAND . , i . v . glazier ) may be changed into A ...
... preceded by the personal pronoun it . The use of this it is due to an exchanging of subject and predicate . Thus A glazier is a man whose duty is to fix panes of glass in a window ( ANNAND . , i . v . glazier ) may be changed into A ...
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adjective adnom adverbial adjunct adverbial clauses BARRY PAIN BLEAK HOUSE BRONTË CHRISTM CHUZ CLIVE Compare conjunctive adverbs construction copula denoting DOLF HEYL Dutch E. W. HORNUNG Early Modern English ENGL equivalent expressed FAIR following quotations frequently gerund gerund-construction gerund(-clause GOOD-NAT Grammar of Late GRAPH GÜNTH HAML head-sentence HENRY ESM HIST HUXL infinitive infinitive-clause infinitive-construction instances JOHN HAL KATH lady Late Modern English Lord MARN meaning MEES modified MURRAY N. E. GR never NIGHT AND MORN non-prepositional object Note noun OLLA PODRIDA participle PEND PICKW POUTSMA preceded predicative adnominal adjunct preposition prepositional object preterite PRIDE AND PREJ pronoun regularly SCHOOL FOR SCAND seems sentence sometimes stand STOF subordinate statement tell TITM TOM BROWN undeveloped clauses verbs VIII WEBST WESTW word word-group XVII XVIII XXXII
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