English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms. With a History of Its Origin and Development. Designed for Use in Colleges and SchoolsHarper & Brothers, 1881 |
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Common terms and phrases
accent adjective adverb ancient Anglo-Saxon belongs breath C. S. Note called Celtic classification combination common Compose a sentence compound conjunction connected consonant consonantal copula Danish dative denotes derived dialect Diphthong elementary sound English language equivalent etymology euphony example express French Future Perfect Tense gender genitive German Give glish Gothic grammar Greek guage inflection Italian king Latin language Latin words letters logical loved masculine meaning mind mode nature nominative noun object origin orthoepy orthography participle Past Tense personal pronoun phonetic elements plural number possessive predicate prefix preposition preterit pronunciation proposition QUESTIONS UNDER CHAPTER relation represented Roman roots RULE Sanscrit Saxon sense simple sometimes sonant speak speech stock of languages substantive suffix surd syllable SYNTAX taken term termination Teutonic thee thing thou tion tive tongue transitive verb Trochees verb voice vowel vowel sounds whence writing
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