The Knowledge of EnglishH. Holt, 1927 - 572 Seiten |
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... gender , number , nor case . And the nouns do not really have gender and case in the sense that these gram- matical characteristics are indicated by inflections . Nor do the parts of speech have distinctive forms , for stone is a noun ...
... gender , number , nor case . And the nouns do not really have gender and case in the sense that these gram- matical characteristics are indicated by inflections . Nor do the parts of speech have distinctive forms , for stone is a noun ...
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... like Latin , an adjective agrees with its noun in gender , number , and case . In this respect , therefore , Latin is highly synthetic . But in Modern English the adjective varies not at all to 266 STRUCTURAL CHANGES.
... like Latin , an adjective agrees with its noun in gender , number , and case . In this respect , therefore , Latin is highly synthetic . But in Modern English the adjective varies not at all to 266 STRUCTURAL CHANGES.
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... gender , number , or case . As the adjective in Modern English bears no formal mark of agreement , its syntax is analytic . It is a completely independent word unit , and any adjective in English may be shifted from one noun to another ...
... gender , number , or case . As the adjective in Modern English bears no formal mark of agreement , its syntax is analytic . It is a completely independent word unit , and any adjective in English may be shifted from one noun to another ...
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... gender , for type , for number , and for case . The Anglo - Saxon inflection for gender in the noun is something which has altogether disappeared from Modern English grammar . The Modern English noun has no grammatical gender . Two ...
... gender , for type , for number , and for case . The Anglo - Saxon inflection for gender in the noun is something which has altogether disappeared from Modern English grammar . The Modern English noun has no grammatical gender . Two ...
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... gender are not so easily disposed of as the question of gender in the noun in Modern English . In the first place , gender in the Anglo - Saxon noun was a genuinely grammatical , not merely a logical , distinction . It referred ...
... gender are not so easily disposed of as the question of gender in the noun in Modern English . In the first place , gender in the Anglo - Saxon noun was a genuinely grammatical , not merely a logical , distinction . It referred ...
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