The English Language: A Brief History of Its Grammatical Changes and Its Vocabulary : with Exercises on Synonyms, Prefixes and Suffixes, Word-analysis and Word Building : a Text-book for High Schools and CollegesMaynard, Merrill, 1893 - 220 sider |
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Side 38
... , for the superlative degree in the comparison of two things , and for such expres- sions as three first , three last , etc. , we are able from a wide reading of modern authors , undertaken in order to settle 38 The English Language .
... , for the superlative degree in the comparison of two things , and for such expres- sions as three first , three last , etc. , we are able from a wide reading of modern authors , undertaken in order to settle 38 The English Language .
Side 49
... able repetition of sound which that after these words would cause . This may frequently be the reason for the employ- ment of who and which in restrictive clauses ; but our collected instances enable us to affirm ( 1 ) that who and ...
... able repetition of sound which that after these words would cause . This may frequently be the reason for the employ- ment of who and which in restrictive clauses ; but our collected instances enable us to affirm ( 1 ) that who and ...
Side 59
... able to form the past tense without the aid of another verb ; those which for this purpose invoke the help of did constitute the conjugation . called weak . Since most verbs in Anglo - Saxon and in English fall into this last class ...
... able to form the past tense without the aid of another verb ; those which for this purpose invoke the help of did constitute the conjugation . called weak . Since most verbs in Anglo - Saxon and in English fall into this last class ...
Side 83
... Able , accurate , adequate , acute , appropriate , arduous , audible , bland , capacious , cautious , complete , conspicuous , curt , decent , delicate , de- licious , dense , discreet , docile , elegant , enormous , equal ...
... Able , accurate , adequate , acute , appropriate , arduous , audible , bland , capacious , cautious , complete , conspicuous , curt , decent , delicate , de- licious , dense , discreet , docile , elegant , enormous , equal ...
Side 85
... able to say something respecting them in use . It fell to us not long since to make an ex- tended examination of the words eminent writers and speak- ers choose . The examination was made in looking into the charge brought against Rufus ...
... able to say something respecting them in use . It fell to us not long since to make an ex- tended examination of the words eminent writers and speak- ers choose . The examination was made in looking into the charge brought against Rufus ...
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abl+y able able+ness adjective al+ist al+ize al+ly or al+ity ance Anglo Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon Chronicle cá tus called Celtic Celts circum Conquest consonants cyrice dative declension denote derivative dropped ed+ly ed+ness ency ending English ent+ly or ence fi+er ficat+ion French ful+ly genitive give grammatical Greek Helps hence i)ous i)ous+ly ibil+ity ibility ible ic+al infinitive inflections ing+ly inter ion or ive ion+al ion+ary ive or ive+ly ive+ness J. S. Mill KELLOGG'S language Latin LESSON ly or ness meaning ment metaphorical metonymy ná tus neuter Norman Norman Conquest noun object one's or+ship ous+ly ous+ness past participle personal pronoun Picts plural prefixes and suffixes preterite Pupil Pupil.-¹ rá tus root root-forms Saxon singular sound speech spoken strong verbs subjunctive suffixes syllable synonyms tense Teutonic things tion tive tongue verb vocabulary vowel