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 (Classic Reprint)

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With one exception we need not here name the authors consulted in the preparation of the work. This exception is Professor Lounsbury. We have for years used his English Language as a text-book. Our debt to him of which we are conscious is not small; but smaller, doubtless, than that of Which we are unconscious. Especially was his book helpful in assigning the dates of changes spoken of in chapters IV.-VII.

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