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SHAKESPEARIAN GRAMMAR

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SHAKESPEARIAN GRAMMAR.

AN ATTEMPT TO ILLUSTRATE SOME OF
THE DIFFerences BETWEEN ELIZABETHAN
AND MODERN ENGLISH.

For the Use of Schools.

BY

E. A. ABBOTT, D.D.

HEAD MASTER OF THE CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL

NEW EDITION.

London:

MACMILLAN AND CO.

1883.

[The Right of Translation and Reproduction is reserved.]

LONDON:

R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS,

BREAD STREET HILL.

in -ful, -less, -ble, and -ive, both actively and passively used

signifying effect used to signify cause

PAR.

I

2

3

5

comparative and superlative, pleonastically used.

All, both, each, every, other

possessive transposed

Just; mere; proper, very; influenced by their Latin

formed from nouns, adverbs, &c., without change