Elements of English Grammar for the Use of Ladies' SchoolsTaylor, Walton, and Maberly, 1849 - 100 sider |
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adding the sound adjective adverb affirmed Anglo Anglo-Norman Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon language battle of Hastings Bladud brightly British was superseded Cædmon Cerdic changed Cóme conjunction convertible word Copula counties counties of Scotland declension Demonstrative Pronoun denotes an action dialects Ecbert ENGLISH GRAMMAR English language expression father flat equivalent flat mute French gender guage Hence inflected intransitive invaders from Germany John King Latin less simple letter Maberly means mother-tongue noun object original British oxen participle Person Singular personal pronouns Plur plural number Poss possessive pronouns preceded predicate present English Preterite proposition reign respect rhyme rule of Euphony rules were less Saxon Second disyllabic measure second personal Semi-Saxon semivowel sentence settlement of invaders sharp equivalent sharp mute shew Sing sition speak spelt spoken stags sun shines superlative syllable th in thine thou thurg transitive verb tribes trisyllabic unaccented syllables undeclined verse vowel whilst
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