A Grammar of Late Modern English ...P. Noordhoff, 1926 - 812 pages |
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adjectival participle adjective adnominal adjunct adverb adverbial adjunct appears auxiliaries BRONTË Christm clauses cognate object combinations Compare connexion construction copula dare denoting DICK distinctly Dutch E. F. BENSON ELIOT examples Expanded Form express Fair following quotations frequent function GALSW GASK gerund grammatical group-verb Guard HARDY head-sentence Hist illustration indicated infinitive inflectional instances intransitive JANE AUSTEN language latter LYTTON Manch Mating of Lydia meaning modified N. E. Gr never Note notion noun of action observed ordinary passive conversion passive voice past participle Pend person phrases Pickw practically preceding predicate preposition prepositional object present participle preterite reflexive pronoun reflexive voice SCOTT sentence SHAK SHER Shirley sometimes speaker stand STOF subjunctive subordinate statement SWEET TEMPLE THURSTON tense THACK thing thou thought time-sphere transitive transitive verb verb verbal VIII Westm word word-group XVIII