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Common terms and phrases
accent action Adverbial adjunct adverbial clauses adverbs affirmation Anglo-Saxon antecedent applied attributes belonging Cæsar called circumstance co-ordinating common comparison compound conjunction connection considered consonant construction copula dative demonstrative dependent clause derived distinction ellipsis employed English language equivalent example explained expressed fact feminine force gender gerund governing grammar hence idiom imperative mood implies incomplete predication indefinite indicate infinitive inflection instances interrogative intransitive language Latin masculine meaning mode mood nature noun clause object old English opposite original passive passive voice PAST TENSE peculiar perfect participle person phrase plural possessive predicate prefixes preposition present primary principal pronominal proper properly qualify reference relative pronouns Saxon Scotticism seen sense sentence Shakspeare signify singular small number sometimes speak speech spoken subjunctive Subjunctive Mood Subordinating Conjunctions suffix supposed syllable things thou tion tive transitive verbs usage vowel whence words write
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