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... changed into ves : as S. loaf leaf wolf calf thief staff wharf . P. loaves leaves wolves calves thieves staves wharves . But some are regular ; as , roof , cliff , dwarf , reef , and muff . ( 4 ) Nouns ending in y preceded by a ...
... changed into ves : as S. loaf leaf wolf calf thief staff wharf . P. loaves leaves wolves calves thieves staves wharves . But some are regular ; as , roof , cliff , dwarf , reef , and muff . ( 4 ) Nouns ending in y preceded by a ...
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... changed into i : as lovely lovelier happy happier loveliest . happiest . A final consonant , preceded by a single vowel in a word of one syllable , is doubled : as big hot bigger hotter 34. The following are irregular : biggest ...
... changed into i : as lovely lovelier happy happier loveliest . happiest . A final consonant , preceded by a single vowel in a word of one syllable , is doubled : as big hot bigger hotter 34. The following are irregular : biggest ...
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... changed to m to avoid the harsh sound of the double s . Nelson himself was saved by a timely removal . - Southey . NOTE 2. These forms are used as Emphatic words , not resting on a subject already mentioned in the sentence . Here is ...
... changed to m to avoid the harsh sound of the double s . Nelson himself was saved by a timely removal . - Southey . NOTE 2. These forms are used as Emphatic words , not resting on a subject already mentioned in the sentence . Here is ...
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... changed to i ) : as try , tries ; fly , flies . But verbs in y , preceded by a vowel , have s added to the buy , buys ; pray , prays . stem : as REM . 3. - An old termination -eth , for the third person singular of the Present , is ...
... changed to i ) : as try , tries ; fly , flies . But verbs in y , preceded by a vowel , have s added to the buy , buys ; pray , prays . stem : as REM . 3. - An old termination -eth , for the third person singular of the Present , is ...
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... changed into a pas- sive , and then its object becomes the subject of the sentence . The dative can also become the subject : thus ACTIVE . He paid me five shillings . She told me the story . PASSIVE . I was paid five shillings by him ...
... changed into a pas- sive , and then its object becomes the subject of the sentence . The dative can also become the subject : thus ACTIVE . He paid me five shillings . She told me the story . PASSIVE . I was paid five shillings by him ...
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Page 23 - The Greek Testament: with a critically revised Text; a Digest of Various Readings; Marginal References to verbal and Idiomatic Usage; Prolegomena; and a Critical and Exegetical Commentary. For the Use of Theological Students and Ministers, By HENRY ALFORD, DD, Dean of Canterbury. Vol. I., containing the Four Gospels.
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