The civil service English grammarLockwood, 1873 - 118 pages |
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action addition adjective Adverb Anglo-Saxon applied attribute auxiliary called changing Civil Service cloth common comparative complete Compound conjugation Conjunction connected considered consonant contracted definite Denoting depending derived distinction distinguished Dramas Edition ending English Language especially existing express French Future gender German Grammar Greek History IMPERATIVE Indicative Mood individuals infinitive mood inflection introduced John Latin letters loved loved Past loved Sing meaning nominative Note Notional nouns objective origin passive past participle Past Perfect Past Tense person Plur plural Poems position Poss possessive preceded predicate preposition Present Tense principal pronoun refers relation relative root rule Saxon sentence simple Sing singular sometimes sound speaker spoken stand strong SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD substantive suffix taken term termination things third person Thomas Thou Thou shalt verb vocabulary Voice vowel weak whole words writing
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