The English Language: Its Grammar, History and Literature

Adjectival adjective adverb amphibrachs Analyse Anglo-Saxon Ben Jonson born cæsura called century Chaucer comes compound conjunctions connected dative dialect Direct Object ending England English language English words Enlargement EXERCISE feminine French words gender German gerund give grammar greatest Greek guttural Hence iambic iambic pentameter Imperative Mood Indefinite Tense Indirect Object infinitive inflexions Intransitive John Julius Cæsar kind King large number Latin Latin words lines literary literature living London Lord meaning Milton mood nominative Norman Norman-French Ormulum Parse the words participle passage passive Past Perfect Tense person phrases plural poem poet poetry possessive Predicate prefixes preposition present principal sentence pronoun prose prose-writer rhymed Roman root RULE Saxon Shakespeare Singular sound speak speech spoken style Subjunctive Mood subordinate sentences suffix syllable things thou thought transitive verb translation trochees verb verse words in italics write written wrote