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 17
... inflections , denoting case , person , number , tense , almost entirely perished . These inflections . would be retained only by those aware of their importance ; they sloughed off as the words dropped from the tongues of those ignorant ...
... inflections , denoting case , person , number , tense , almost entirely perished . These inflections . would be retained only by those aware of their importance ; they sloughed off as the words dropped from the tongues of those ignorant ...
Side 30
... of the masculine plural and this one case of the masculine and neuter singular , in only one of the two declensions , had authority sufficient to extend their inflections to the other nouns in the language 30 The English Language .
... of the masculine plural and this one case of the masculine and neuter singular , in only one of the two declensions , had authority sufficient to extend their inflections to the other nouns in the language 30 The English Language .
Side 31
... inflections to the other nouns in the language , and to give the law to all foreign nouns seeking admission into English . By 1550 , this as , changed to es , ceased to be pronounced separately , except when the form of the word ...
... inflections to the other nouns in the language , and to give the law to all foreign nouns seeking admission into English . By 1550 , this as , changed to es , ceased to be pronounced separately , except when the form of the word ...
Side 36
... inflected much as were the nouns of the vowel declension . But if a demonstrative or a possessive pronoun preceded the adjective , the terminations were precisely those of the noun in the n , or consonant , de- clension . Of this ...
... inflected much as were the nouns of the vowel declension . But if a demonstrative or a possessive pronoun preceded the adjective , the terminations were precisely those of the noun in the n , or consonant , de- clension . Of this ...
Side 40
... inflections also are retained in English . It is to the pronouns that we look for the only distinctive objec- tives in English - me , thee , him , her , us , them , and whom ; all of which , except whom , are personal pronouns . 2 ...
... inflections also are retained in English . It is to the pronouns that we look for the only distinctive objec- tives in English - me , thee , him , her , us , them , and whom ; all of which , except whom , are personal pronouns . 2 ...
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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