Connectives of English Speech: The Correct Usage of Prepositions, Conjunctions, Relative Pronouns and Adverbs Explained and IllustratedFunk & Wagnalls Company, 1904 - 324 Seiten |
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... derived from the Latin pre , before , and pono , place . The preposition is a word usually placed before another , which is called its object , and which it is said to " govern . " * 99 66 Yet a little consideration will show that this ...
... derived from the Latin pre , before , and pono , place . The preposition is a word usually placed before another , which is called its object , and which it is said to " govern . " * 99 66 Yet a little consideration will show that this ...
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... derived from aft or æftan , back , behind , after , first reinforced by the prefix be- or bi- , by , near , forming baft , which was in use as a separate word in the fourteenth century . This was further reinforced by the prefix a- , on ...
... derived from aft or æftan , back , behind , after , first reinforced by the prefix be- or bi- , by , near , forming baft , which was in use as a separate word in the fourteenth century . This was further reinforced by the prefix a- , on ...
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... can talk when we get aboard the train . 3. Across or alongside of : a secondary nautical meaning ; as , to lay the ship aboard the enemy . ABOUT About is derived from the Anglo - Saxon ābūtan 13 aboard DEFINED AND ILLUSTRATED.
... can talk when we get aboard the train . 3. Across or alongside of : a secondary nautical meaning ; as , to lay the ship aboard the enemy . ABOUT About is derived from the Anglo - Saxon ābūtan 13 aboard DEFINED AND ILLUSTRATED.
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... derived from the Anglo - Saxon ābūtan , which is com- posed of an- , on , plus būtan , outside . About thus signifies directly and literally on the outside of . I. Of place or space : 1. Surrounding ( an object ) on all sides , so as to ...
... derived from the Anglo - Saxon ābūtan , which is com- posed of an- , on , plus būtan , outside . About thus signifies directly and literally on the outside of . I. Of place or space : 1. Surrounding ( an object ) on all sides , so as to ...
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... derived from the noun cross joined with the prefix a- , on , representing the Anglo - Saxon an , on ; i . e . , on a cross , in the manner of a cross . I. Of place or space : 1. Passing through or over the surface of , so as to cross it ...
... derived from the noun cross joined with the prefix a- , on , representing the Anglo - Saxon an , on ; i . e . , on a cross , in the manner of a cross . I. Of place or space : 1. Passing through or over the surface of , so as to cross it ...
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A. P. STANLEY Adjectives adverb amid Anglo-Saxon antecedent beneath Brutus BYRON Cæsar CARLYLE clause Compare connection CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS derived direction Distinctions EMERSON English Grammar vol equivalent Essays expression fact force friends GEORGE ELIOT hath Henry Hist idea implied infinitive interrogative IRVING J. R. SEELEY JEAN INGELOW John Julius Cæsar king language lect LONGFELLOW LOWELL MACAULAY England vol MAETZNER English Grammar MARY SOMERVILLE meaning Merchant of Venice Middlemarch midst MILTON Paradise Lost motion N. P. WILLIS never night noun object Paradise Lost bk participle person place or space pronoun R. H. DANA reason reference relative SCOTT Lady sense sentence Sermons SHAKESPEARE SHAKESPEARE Merry Wives ship side soul speak speech Standard Dictionary Tempest act TENNYSON thee things thou thought tion unto usage various relations Venice act verb whence whither WHITTIER Windsor act words WORDSWORTH
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