English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms. With a History of Its Origin and Development. Abridged from the Octavo Edition. Designed for General Use in Schools and FamiliesHarper & Brothers, 1858 - 381 pages |
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... Nominative Case . 356. Collocation ... 357. Possessive or Genitive Case .... 358. Collocation .. 859. Attributive Relation of the Gen- itive Case .. ............... 221 360. The Objective or Accusative 223 Case .. 228 225 361 ...
... Nominative Case . 356. Collocation ... 357. Possessive or Genitive Case .... 358. Collocation .. 859. Attributive Relation of the Gen- itive Case .. ............... 221 360. The Objective or Accusative 223 Case .. 228 225 361 ...
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... nominative plural , and for the preterit tense of verbs , the forms in Anglo - Saxon were fuller than they are in the present English . The possessive sin- gular ended not in -s only , but in -es , and the nominative plural in -as ...
... nominative plural , and for the preterit tense of verbs , the forms in Anglo - Saxon were fuller than they are in the present English . The possessive sin- gular ended not in -s only , but in -es , and the nominative plural in -as ...
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... Nominative , the Possessive or Genitive , and the Objective or Accusative . The NOMINATIVE CASE is the noun in its simple form , and denotes the relation of the subject to the finite verb ; as , " Man speaks ; " " John is loved . " Give ...
... Nominative , the Possessive or Genitive , and the Objective or Accusative . The NOMINATIVE CASE is the noun in its simple form , and denotes the relation of the subject to the finite verb ; as , " Man speaks ; " " John is loved . " Give ...
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... nominative plural ends in 8 , the pos- sessive plural is formed by adding only an apostrophe ; when it does not end in s , the possessive plural is formed by adding both the apostrophe and the s . See exam- ples of declension ...
... nominative plural ends in 8 , the pos- sessive plural is formed by adding only an apostrophe ; when it does not end in s , the possessive plural is formed by adding both the apostrophe and the s . See exam- ples of declension ...
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... nominative case . Me , in colloquial discourse , is often used for I ; as , " Who is at the door ? " " It is me . " This form of expression , arising from an objective view of one's self , should not be encouraged . WE . For we in ...
... nominative case . Me , in colloquial discourse , is often used for I ; as , " Who is at the door ? " " It is me . " This form of expression , arising from an objective view of one's self , should not be encouraged . WE . For we in ...
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accent adjective adverb ancient Anglo-Saxon antepenult Auxiliary verb C. S. Note called classes combination common Compose a sentence conjugation conjunction consonant consonantal elements dative denotes derived Diphthong elementary sound English Alphabet English Grammar English language equivalent to long etymology examples EXERCISES UNDER RULE express feminine French Future Perfect Tense gender genitive German Give Grammatical Greek guage Hebrew Hebrew Alphabet IMPERATIVE MODE Improper Diphthong INDICATIVE MODE inflection interjections interrogative intransitive Italian Latin letters equivalent long sound loved masculine meaning nominative nouns object origin orthoepy orthography participle Past Perfect Past Tense PERSONAL PRONOUNS phonetic element plural form plural number preceding predicate prefix preposition Present Perfect Tense Present Tense preterit pronunciation relation represented Roman root Saxon short sound singular number sometimes sonant spoken language subjunctive substantive suffix surd syllable taken term Teutonic thing tion transitive verb voice vowel vowel sounds written language
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