A grammar of the English language, ed. by L. Schmitz1877 - 220 pagina's |
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... Gender of Nouns , PART I. - THE ACCIDENCE . CHAPTER I. · 9 Mute Changes , Table of Mute Changes , • • 12 • 13 Accents , • • 13 CHAPTER II . 17 | Cases , 18 Number , 19 CHAPTER III . The Pronoun , Tables to Illustrate , Personal Pronouns ...
... Gender of Nouns , PART I. - THE ACCIDENCE . CHAPTER I. · 9 Mute Changes , Table of Mute Changes , • • 12 • 13 Accents , • • 13 CHAPTER II . 17 | Cases , 18 Number , 19 CHAPTER III . The Pronoun , Tables to Illustrate , Personal Pronouns ...
Pagina v
... Gender of Nouns , 19 • The Pronoun , Tables to Illustrate , Personal Pronouns , Demonstrative , Relative , Adjectives , Comparison , 225 20 21 • CHAPTER III . 23 Indefinite , 23 Distributive , 29 Reflexive , • · 30 Possessive ,. **** 32 ...
... Gender of Nouns , 19 • The Pronoun , Tables to Illustrate , Personal Pronouns , Demonstrative , Relative , Adjectives , Comparison , 225 20 21 • CHAPTER III . 23 Indefinite , 23 Distributive , 29 Reflexive , • · 30 Possessive ,. **** 32 ...
Pagina 19
... gender is equivalent to sex . So that of things that have life , the names of males are masculine , those of females are feminine , but all other things are neuter . 34. There is no grammatical gender in English , but there are means of ...
... gender is equivalent to sex . So that of things that have life , the names of males are masculine , those of females are feminine , but all other things are neuter . 34. There is no grammatical gender in English , but there are means of ...
Pagina 20
... gender can still be discerned , especially in the talk of the uneducated , and in the language of poetry , and in impassioned speech . To the sailor his ship is still of the feminine gender , and with the poet he will say of it that ...
... gender can still be discerned , especially in the talk of the uneducated , and in the language of poetry , and in impassioned speech . To the sailor his ship is still of the feminine gender , and with the poet he will say of it that ...
Pagina 29
... peasantry . For all practical purposes the plural is used and not the singular as too familiar . 58. The pronouns of the first and second person are not defined or limited by gender . That idea is left THE PRONOUNS . 29.
... peasantry . For all practical purposes the plural is used and not the singular as too familiar . 58. The pronouns of the first and second person are not defined or limited by gender . That idea is left THE PRONOUNS . 29.
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