An Elementary English Grammar: For the Use of Schools

accented syllable addition Adjectives preceded Adverbs allied languages Anglo-Saxon blank verse called combination compound concord of number constitute copula dative denotes Derivation by means English language equivalent exhibited expressed father female forms in A. S. Formula a x x Formula x a Germany Gothic Gothic languages governed grammar Hence horse John walks Latin language Latin word letter lines male masculine measures metre mood mortal Moso-Gothic nature nominative noun object Old High German Old Norse Old Saxon original British original word Past Participles past tense phrases Pleonasm plural forms plural number possessive predicate present English preterite proposition respect rhyme ridden Saxon sense sentence sh in shine shews simple elementary sounds simple single singular number small vowel speak spelling spelt spoken stanza Substantives preceded superlative syllable Syntax th in thin thine thing thou tive verb substantive verse vowel weak verbs whilst words ending write written