The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina vii
... . Of Presentive and Symbolic Words , and of In- flections 218 CHAPTER VI . The Verbal Group 254 1. Strong Verbs · 261 • 2. Mixed Verbs 3. Weak Verbs 4. Verb - Making • 279 • 287 290 CHAPTER VII . The Noun Group 1. Of the Substantive.
... . Of Presentive and Symbolic Words , and of In- flections 218 CHAPTER VI . The Verbal Group 254 1. Strong Verbs · 261 • 2. Mixed Verbs 3. Weak Verbs 4. Verb - Making • 279 • 287 290 CHAPTER VII . The Noun Group 1. Of the Substantive.
Pagina 110
... noun eye , and the pronoun I , and the vowel I , are regarded as having all the self - same sound . 103. How are we to account for these strange insular names of our vowels ? The five vowels are called Ae , Ee , Igh , Oh , Yew ; but ...
... noun eye , and the pronoun I , and the vowel I , are regarded as having all the self - same sound . 103. How are we to account for these strange insular names of our vowels ? The five vowels are called Ae , Ee , Igh , Oh , Yew ; but ...
Pagina 155
... noun : thus we say to rebel , to recórd ; but a rébel a récord . When the lawyers speak of a recórd ( substantively ) , they merely preserve the original French pronunciation , and thereby remind us that the distinction last indicated ...
... noun : thus we say to rebel , to recórd ; but a rébel a récord . When the lawyers speak of a recórd ( substantively ) , they merely preserve the original French pronunciation , and thereby remind us that the distinction last indicated ...
Pagina 158
... noun , to practise and a practice . Less estab- lished , but often observed , is the differentiation of license the verb from licence the substantive , as— Licence they mean when they cry Liberty . John Milton , Sonnet xii . 11 ; ed ...
... noun , to practise and a practice . Less estab- lished , but often observed , is the differentiation of license the verb from licence the substantive , as— Licence they mean when they cry Liberty . John Milton , Sonnet xii . 11 ; ed ...
Pagina 188
... noun or pronoun , as— They gaped upon me with their mouths , and said : Fie on thee , fie on thee , we saw it with our eyes . - Psalm xxxv . 21 . From that same germ of verbal activity it joins readily with the conjunction . Operating ...
... noun or pronoun , as— They gaped upon me with their mouths , and said : Fie on thee , fie on thee , we saw it with our eyes . - Psalm xxxv . 21 . From that same germ of verbal activity it joins readily with the conjunction . Operating ...
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