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The sole question turns on what is to become of the adjective . No adjective
changes its form in English for number , therefore • The Smiths ' simply become “
The Miss Smiths . ' Or else ' Miss ' is a noun , and ' Smith ' in apposition to that
noun ...
The sole question turns on what is to become of the adjective . No adjective
changes its form in English for number , therefore • The Smiths ' simply become “
The Miss Smiths . ' Or else ' Miss ' is a noun , and ' Smith ' in apposition to that
noun ...
Page 3
The second case in sense becomes the nominative of the passive sentence and
the objective case remains with the passive verb . The explanation seems to be ,
that the English language does not distinguish between the cases of the remote ...
The second case in sense becomes the nominative of the passive sentence and
the objective case remains with the passive verb . The explanation seems to be ,
that the English language does not distinguish between the cases of the remote ...
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But in modern English it becomes an indefinite numeral , is joined with a plural
noun , and denotes more than a few ' and less than ' many ; ' asI have several
things to say . I mentioned it several times . " Several ' cannot correctly stand
without ...
But in modern English it becomes an indefinite numeral , is joined with a plural
noun , and denotes more than a few ' and less than ' many ; ' asI have several
things to say . I mentioned it several times . " Several ' cannot correctly stand
without ...
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But the word loses its specific meaning as human and masculine , and becomes
a mere pronoun ; asNo man gave unto him . . Full measure shall men give into
your bosom . ' Only ' is the adjectival ( or adverbial ) form of ' one . ' It can stand ...
But the word loses its specific meaning as human and masculine , and becomes
a mere pronoun ; asNo man gave unto him . . Full measure shall men give into
your bosom . ' Only ' is the adjectival ( or adverbial ) form of ' one . ' It can stand ...
Page 19
He was evidently afraid . Ly is also an adjectival termination ; as , Manly ,
womanly , godly , goodly , sickly , seemly . ( In old English ' godly ' and seemly '
are both adjectives and adverbs . ) If an adjective ends in y , it becomes i in the
adverb ...
He was evidently afraid . Ly is also an adjectival termination ; as , Manly ,
womanly , godly , goodly , sickly , seemly . ( In old English ' godly ' and seemly '
are both adjectives and adverbs . ) If an adjective ends in y , it becomes i in the
adverb ...
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Page 102 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Page 219 - No more shall grief of mine the season wrong; I hear the Echoes through the mountains throng, The Winds come to me from the fields of sleep, And all the earth is gay; Land and sea Give themselves up to jollity...
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Page 87 - My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred, For the same sound is in my ears Which in those days I heard.
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Page 208 - Uncared for, gird the windy grove, And flood the haunts of hern and crake, Or into silver arrows break The sailing moon in creek and cove; Till from the garden and the wild A fresh association blow, And year by year the landscape grow Familiar to the stranger's child; As year by year the laborer tills His wonted glebe, or lops the glades, And year by year our memory fades From all the circle of the hills.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Exercises in Grammatical Analysis Clarendon press series |
| Author | Edward Thring |
| Publisher | Claredon Press, 1868 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 28 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 224 pages |
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