English Grammar: Methodical, Analytical, and Historical. With a Treatise on the Orthography, Prosody, Inflections and Syntax of the English Tongue; and Numerous Authorities, Volume 2 |
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accusative activity adjectives adverbial ALIS ancient Anecd Anglos Anglosax Anglosaxon annd belongs BEOV BOETH BULW BUTL CAEDM CHAUC COLER combination Comp conjunctive Cowp Crist Cymb dative denoted dependent sentence DICKENS ealle Engl English Exod EXON expression Fair Penit frequently genitive gode GOLDSM Gothic Halfsax Halfsaxon HALLIW hath Henry Henry VI heom hine HOMIL intransitive king kyng LAZAM LEGG LEWES lond LONGF Lord MACAUL MATH MAUNDEV meaning MILT Minstr modern Modern-English MYST object Old-Engl Old-English Old-French Old-norse participle pät patt periphrasis person Picc PLOUGHM ponne predicate preposition present preterite principal sentence Prometh pronoun purh Rich Rienzi SCOTT SHAKSP SHERID stands substantive svā Temp tence tenses thee thing thou tongue Town Tows transitive verbs unto väs verbal notions verbs wass wolde WRIGHT žat
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