New Grammar of the English TongueBlackwood, 1887 - 252 pages |
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... DATIVE CASE 69 ADJECTIVE PRONOUN 71 74 VERB ADVERB PREPOSITION 76 83 83 CONJUNCTION ANALYSIS . 84 86 SIMPLE SENTENCE 87 COMPOUND SENTENCE 93 COMPLEX SENTENCE . 94 WORD - BUILDING AND DERIVATION COMPOUND NOUNS 100 · 100.
... DATIVE CASE 69 ADJECTIVE PRONOUN 71 74 VERB ADVERB PREPOSITION 76 83 83 CONJUNCTION ANALYSIS . 84 86 SIMPLE SENTENCE 87 COMPOUND SENTENCE 93 COMPLEX SENTENCE . 94 WORD - BUILDING AND DERIVATION COMPOUND NOUNS 100 · 100.
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... declension . ( Of course the nominative cannot be a real case , because it is upright and not a falling . ) Nominative Possessive Dative Objective Vocative 31. We now employ five cases ; Nominative , Possessive CASE . 19.
... declension . ( Of course the nominative cannot be a real case , because it is upright and not a falling . ) Nominative Possessive Dative Objective Vocative 31. We now employ five cases ; Nominative , Possessive CASE . 19.
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... Dative , Objective , and Vocative . ( i ) In Nouns , only one of these is inflected , or has a case - ending — the Possessive . ( ii ) In Pronouns , the Possessive , Dative , and Objective are inflected . But the inflexion for the Dative ...
... Dative , Objective , and Vocative . ( i ) In Nouns , only one of these is inflected , or has a case - ending — the Possessive . ( ii ) In Pronouns , the Possessive , Dative , and Objective are inflected . But the inflexion for the Dative ...
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... Dative Case answers to the question For whom ? or To whom ? It has no separate form for Nouns ; and in Pronouns , its form is the same as that of the Objective . But it has a very clear and distinct function in modern English . This ...
... Dative Case answers to the question For whom ? or To whom ? It has no separate form for Nouns ; and in Pronouns , its form is the same as that of the Objective . But it has a very clear and distinct function in modern English . This ...
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... dative . If the you were a nominative , the phrase would mean if you are a pleasing person , or if you please me . 37. The Objective Case is always governed by an active- transitive verb or a preposition . It answers to the question ...
... dative . If the you were a nominative , the phrase would mean if you are a pleasing person , or if you please me . 37. The Objective Case is always governed by an active- transitive verb or a preposition . It answers to the question ...
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abstract nouns accented syllable adjective adverb amphibrachs Cęsar cęsura called cognate Compare compound conjunctions connected consonant dactyls dative denotes derived direct object doublet ending is disguised English language English words Enlargement EXERCISE feminine following words French function Future Perfect Tense gender gerund Give examples govern Grammar Greek Hence hybrids iambic pentameter Imperative Mood INDICATIVE MOOD infinitive inflected inflexion Intransitive Julius Cęsar kind king masculine meaning Milton modifies neuter nominative noun sentence Paraphrase Parse the words participle passage Past Indefinite Tense Past Perfect past tense Perfect Tense phrase plural possessive Predicate preposition Present Perfect Principal Sentence rhymes root RULE Shakespeare Show simple sentences Singular sometimes sound speak speech striking struck Subjunctive Mood subordinate sentences suffix superlative syntax Tetrameter things thou tive transitive verb trochees unaccented verse vowel walked weak verbs words in italics write
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