Elementary Lessons in Historical English Grammar: Containing Accidence and Word Formation. Rev. by Henry Bradley |
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... Inflexions . Infinitive Mood Participles . Anomalous Verbs Auxiliary Verbs PAGE 118 118 122 . 124 126 CHAPTER X. 134 135 136 138 139 141 141 142 158 164 169 171 172 190 CHAPTER XI . Adverbs 192 Adverbs derived from Nouns and Adjectives ...
... Inflexions . Infinitive Mood Participles . Anomalous Verbs Auxiliary Verbs PAGE 118 118 122 . 124 126 CHAPTER X. 134 135 136 138 139 141 141 142 158 164 169 171 172 190 CHAPTER XI . Adverbs 192 Adverbs derived from Nouns and Adjectives ...
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... inflexions in the North of England . Before the Nor- man- -French conquest we find the n of the infinitive falling off , and the verb in the third person singular present indicative ending in -es instead of -eth . The use of the plural ...
... inflexions in the North of England . Before the Nor- man- -French conquest we find the n of the infinitive falling off , and the verb in the third person singular present indicative ending in -es instead of -eth . The use of the plural ...
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... inflexions for its nouns , adjectives , and verbs , etc. It will part with the greater portion of its original vocabulary , and yet leave grammatical forms almost untouched . Norman - French words found an easy entrance into our ...
... inflexions for its nouns , adjectives , and verbs , etc. It will part with the greater portion of its original vocabulary , and yet leave grammatical forms almost untouched . Norman - French words found an easy entrance into our ...
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... inflexions , become almost as uninflexional as our own.1 The tendency of all highly inflected or synthetical languages is to become analytical or non - inflexional , so that , had there been no Norman Conquest , we should still have ...
... inflexions , become almost as uninflexional as our own.1 The tendency of all highly inflected or synthetical languages is to become analytical or non - inflexional , so that , had there been no Norman Conquest , we should still have ...
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... inflexions , and as these are of native origin they serve still more to make the English element the essential and most important part of our language . 47. Pure English elements are : — ( 1 ) 28 HISTORICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR [ Chap ...
... inflexions , and as these are of native origin they serve still more to make the English element the essential and most important part of our language . 47. Pure English elements are : — ( 1 ) 28 HISTORICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR [ Chap ...
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adjectives adverbs alphabet became become blind-e century we find CHAUCER compounds conjugation consonants Cursor Cursor Mundi dative declension denote Dentals derived ending expressed feminine fourteenth century gender genitive German GRAMMAR Greek Grimm's Law guttural indefinite INDICATIVE MOOD Indo-European language infinitive inflexions Labials late Latin letters M.E. we find Masc masculine Middle English modern English Modern French Neut neuter Norman-French Northern dialects nouns O.E. Plays O.Fr occurs Old English older oldest English original passive participle PAST PASS past tense period person Piers Plowman Plur prefix preposition Pres Present Tense pronouns replaced represented root Scandinavian scip-e Shakespeare Sing singular sixteenth century sometimes sounds Spenser spirants spoken strong verbs subjunctive SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD substantive suffix syllable thai thirteenth century thou thú verbal Verner's Law voiced stops vowel vowel change weak verbs words وو