An ABC of English UsageClarendon Press, 1959 - 192 Seiten |
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... tenses presents no such difficulty in English as in Latin . The context will always decide what tense is to be used in a subordinate clause . The only special point to call attention to is the use of the present tense in a subordinate ...
... tenses presents no such difficulty in English as in Latin . The context will always decide what tense is to be used in a subordinate clause . The only special point to call attention to is the use of the present tense in a subordinate ...
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... tense and past participle by ' ABLAUT ' or ' GRADATION ' , i.e. changes in the vowel of the stem . In OE . there were seven variations of this vowel change or gradation , most of which survive in modern forms . The other main ...
... tense and past participle by ' ABLAUT ' or ' GRADATION ' , i.e. changes in the vowel of the stem . In OE . there were seven variations of this vowel change or gradation , most of which survive in modern forms . The other main ...
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... tense and past participle of weak verbs see -ED , -T . tautology . Tautology is exactly what its etymology ( Greek tauto , ' the same ' + logia , meaning ' speech ' , ' way of speaking ' ) connotes , ' saying the same kind of thing as ...
... tense and past participle of weak verbs see -ED , -T . tautology . Tautology is exactly what its etymology ( Greek tauto , ' the same ' + logia , meaning ' speech ' , ' way of speaking ' ) connotes , ' saying the same kind of thing as ...
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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