The Knowledge of EnglishH. Holt, 1927 - 572 Seiten |
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... verb stood also had an Old English meaning of motion , not of stationary position , as it may still have in certain Modern English constructions , as when a ship stands out to sea , or in the command Stand by to go about , or when one ...
... verb stood also had an Old English meaning of motion , not of stationary position , as it may still have in certain Modern English constructions , as when a ship stands out to sea , or in the command Stand by to go about , or when one ...
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... verb remained , and as the verb stand does not ordinarily take an object , the prep- osition in was brought down , one may say from heaven , to take care of the original subject awe . This yielding to word order may seem a reprehensible ...
... verb remained , and as the verb stand does not ordinarily take an object , the prep- osition in was brought down , one may say from heaven , to take care of the original subject awe . This yielding to word order may seem a reprehensible ...
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... verb with a plural subject , or a wrong form of a past tense , done for did , seen for saw , or says you was , or them men , or does any one of the many regrettable things which the speaker on the popular level may un- concernedly do ...
... verb with a plural subject , or a wrong form of a past tense , done for did , seen for saw , or says you was , or them men , or does any one of the many regrettable things which the speaker on the popular level may un- concernedly do ...
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... verb , the conjunction than the preposition . Within their several groups , and especially in those groups that are ... verb , as in to stone a cat , or a noun , as in to throw a stone . But only one of these functions carries with it ...
... verb , the conjunction than the preposition . Within their several groups , and especially in those groups that are ... verb , as in to stone a cat , or a noun , as in to throw a stone . But only one of these functions carries with it ...
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... verb out of a word that had never been used as a verb before , one would make the past tense of this verb by adding d or ed . Just as the making of plurals by the adding of s is the most general analogical characteristic of nouns , so ...
... verb out of a word that had never been used as a verb before , one would make the past tense of this verb by adding d or ed . Just as the making of plurals by the adding of s is the most general analogical characteristic of nouns , so ...
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