An ABC of English UsageClarendon Press, 1959 - 192 Seiten |
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... called uninterested . disjunctive . The term is used in French for the pronouns moi , toi , lui , & c . in their use ... called enteric fever . ' distributives . The MEU definition is : " Those adjectives and pronouns are so called which ...
... called uninterested . disjunctive . The term is used in French for the pronouns moi , toi , lui , & c . in their use ... called enteric fever . ' distributives . The MEU definition is : " Those adjectives and pronouns are so called which ...
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... called the Furies , the terrible avenging goddesses , the Eumenides ( the well - disposed ones ) ; the dangerous foggy sea , now more appropriately called the Black Sea , the Euxine ( i.e. the sea favourable to strangers ) , and so on ...
... called the Furies , the terrible avenging goddesses , the Eumenides ( the well - disposed ones ) ; the dangerous foggy sea , now more appropriately called the Black Sea , the Euxine ( i.e. the sea favourable to strangers ) , and so on ...
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... called the iamb ( adjective , iambic ) : X X X X X · The curfew tolls | the knell | of partling day ( b ) Foot of three syllables , two unstressed + stressed ( x x ' ) , called the anapaest ( adjective , anapaestic ) : X X / X x X X ...
... called the iamb ( adjective , iambic ) : X X X X X · The curfew tolls | the knell | of partling day ( b ) Foot of three syllables , two unstressed + stressed ( x x ' ) , called the anapaest ( adjective , anapaestic ) : X X / X x X X ...
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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