Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to Speak Or Write Correct English, Գիրք 1Raub & Company, 1897 - 260 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 34–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... Precedes Quali- Case 53 fying 74 The Possessive Case 53 • • Ordinals Precede Cardi- SYNTAX OF NOUNS Mistakes in Writing the 54 nals 74 · • • Possessive . 54 Possessive of Compound Ordinal Precedes Noun 74 Cardinal Follows Noun . 74 ...
... Precedes Quali- Case 53 fying 74 The Possessive Case 53 • • Ordinals Precede Cardi- SYNTAX OF NOUNS Mistakes in Writing the 54 nals 74 · • • Possessive . 54 Possessive of Compound Ordinal Precedes Noun 74 Cardinal Follows Noun . 74 ...
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... preceded by a conso- nant sound change the y into i before any other termina- tion or additional syllable than ' s and those beginning with i ; as , pretty , prettily . The following are exceptions : a . Y is changed to e in beauteous ...
... preceded by a conso- nant sound change the y into i before any other termina- tion or additional syllable than ' s and those beginning with i ; as , pretty , prettily . The following are exceptions : a . Y is changed to e in beauteous ...
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... preceded by a single vowel , double the final conso- nant on taking an additional syllable beginning with a vowel ; as , run , running ; begin , beginning . The following are the exceptions : a . In the derivatives of the word gas , the ...
... preceded by a single vowel , double the final conso- nant on taking an additional syllable beginning with a vowel ; as , run , running ; begin , beginning . The following are the exceptions : a . In the derivatives of the word gas , the ...
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... preceded by qu , which is really equivalent to kw . If the derivative does not retain the accent on the last syllable of the root - word , the final consonant is not usu- ally doubled ; thus , refer ' , ref'erence , referred ' ; prefer ...
... preceded by qu , which is really equivalent to kw . If the derivative does not retain the accent on the last syllable of the root - word , the final consonant is not usu- ally doubled ; thus , refer ' , ref'erence , referred ' ; prefer ...
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... preceded by a vowel it is some- times omitted on taking an additional syllable ; as , due , duly ; awe , auful ; true , truly ; argue , argument ; blue , bluish ; but we write blueness , trueness , eyeless . While the rule for the ...
... preceded by a vowel it is some- times omitted on taking an additional syllable ; as , due , duly ; awe , auful ; true , truly ; argue , argument ; blue , bluish ; but we write blueness , trueness , eyeless . While the rule for the ...
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Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to ..., Գիրք 1 Albert Newton Raub Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1897 |
Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to ..., Գիրք 1 Albert Newton Raub Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1897 |
Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to ..., Գիրք 1 Albert Newton Raub Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1897 |
Common terms and phrases
abbreviations action antecedent apostrophe applied apposition beautiful begin with capital capital letter collective noun comma complex compound conjunctive adverb connected consonant dash Dear Sir denotes dependent clause ellipsis English Errors exclamation point expression frequently friends future perfect tense gender give grammar hyphen implies incorrect incorrectly indicate infinitive interrogation point intransitive John Horne Tooke lady language limit a noun means modify never nominative noun or pronoun object omitted one's participle person phrase placed plural plural form possessive sign preceded preposition present principle pronominal adjectives proper name properly question quotation marks reference relative pronoun represent require rule salutation semicolon sense separated singular form singular number sion sometimes sound speak stanza Street syllable SYNONYMS teacher tence tense term thing thought tion tive transitive verb usually verb agrees Violations vowel Westminster Review words ending write written