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... definition and uses , 108 . CLASSES OF NOUNS , 109-19 : various classes , 109-12 ; common and proper nouns , 113 ; collectives , 114 ; gender - nouns , 115 ; diminutives , 116 ; simple , derivative , and compound , 117-19 . INFLECTION ...
... definition and uses , 108 . CLASSES OF NOUNS , 109-19 : various classes , 109-12 ; common and proper nouns , 113 ; collectives , 114 ; gender - nouns , 115 ; diminutives , 116 ; simple , derivative , and compound , 117-19 . INFLECTION ...
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... definition and use , 222 ; transitive and intransitive verbs , 223 ; simple , de- rivative , and compound verbs , 224-6 ; inflection , 227 ; for person and number , 228-30 ; for tense and mode , 231-4 ; infinitives and participles , 235 ...
... definition and use , 222 ; transitive and intransitive verbs , 223 ; simple , de- rivative , and compound verbs , 224-6 ; inflection , 227 ; for person and number , 228-30 ; for tense and mode , 231-4 ; infinitives and participles , 235 ...
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... define any one of them is to say : " It is the language used in such and such a region , or by such and such people . " The people from whom our language gets its name are those living in England . Their forefathers came to that country ...
... define any one of them is to say : " It is the language used in such and such a region , or by such and such people . " The people from whom our language gets its name are those living in England . Their forefathers came to that country ...
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... definition is true only of one kind of sentence : the ASSERTIVE sentence , as it is called , or that by which we assert something , declare something to be so and so . There are two other kinds of sentence : one , the INTERROGATIVE ...
... definition is true only of one kind of sentence : the ASSERTIVE sentence , as it is called , or that by which we assert something , declare something to be so and so . There are two other kinds of sentence : one , the INTERROGATIVE ...
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... definition : A verb is a word that asserts or declares , and hence that can stand , alone or with other words , as the predicate of a sentence . 30. When a predicate is composed of two or more words , we call the simple verb in it the ...
... definition : A verb is a word that asserts or declares , and hence that can stand , alone or with other words , as the predicate of a sentence . 30. When a predicate is composed of two or more words , we call the simple verb in it the ...
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