An ABC of English UsageClarendon Press, 1959 - 192 Seiten |
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... Action he insists upon as necessary : if the play is to be a whole it must be one , i.e. there must be unity of Action . ( a ) The unity of Action - that a play should consist of one main action , to the carrying on of which everything ...
... Action he insists upon as necessary : if the play is to be a whole it must be one , i.e. there must be unity of Action . ( a ) The unity of Action - that a play should consist of one main action , to the carrying on of which everything ...
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... action or a man of the world ) . If it means that the poet is a man of action in the same degree as he is a man of the world , or must be replaced by and : ' Even the poet who is equally a man of action and a man of the world . ' -er ...
... action or a man of the world ) . If it means that the poet is a man of action in the same degree as he is a man of the world , or must be replaced by and : ' Even the poet who is equally a man of action and a man of the world . ' -er ...
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... action is that which is incomplete : I am going , I was going ; perfect action is that which is rounded off or complete : I have gone , I had gone . The following table represents the basic tenses of the verb in the indicative mood ...
... action is that which is incomplete : I am going , I was going ; perfect action is that which is rounded off or complete : I have gone , I had gone . The following table represents the basic tenses of the verb in the indicative mood ...
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accusative adjectival adjective clause adjective phrase adverb clause adverb phrase apposition archaic auxiliary become BLANK VERSE called colloquial common complement compound confusion conjunction connexion CONSONANTS construction correct dative definite derived distinction double doubt ellipsis English especially etymological examples expressed following sentences French genitive gerund grammatical Greek I-MUTATION iambic pentameter idiom idiomatic indirect speech infinitive inflexion intransitive intransitive verbs introducing inverted commas language Latin letter lines malapropism meaning metaphorical Mod.E modern modify negative nominative normal Note noun clause noun or pronoun object onomatopoeia original parenthesis past participle past tense periphrasis person plural poem predicate prefer prefix preposition present participle qualifying question quoted relative pronoun rhyme rhythm rule sense sentences illustrate Shakespeare simple singular sometimes sonnet spelling spelt split infinitive stands stanza stress subjunctive syllable syllepsis syntax terza rima thing thou tive usage usually verse vowel weak verbs word writing