The Principles of English Grammar

accusative action adjectives adverb affix agent appears applied appulse auxiliary belong called class of words clause composition compounds conjoined conjugation conjunction consequence considered consonant Dative denotes derived Dictionaries diphthong distinction distinguished equivalent example existence expressed feminine fore former formerly French gender genitive Gothic Gothic languages Grammarians Grammars Greek guage guttural hence idea INDICATIVE MOOD infinitive Interjections James John language Latin Latin language latter manner mark masculine meaning merely metaphorically MOOD neuter nominative noun object old English origin orthography painted past participle past tense person Peter loves Mary phrase Plur plural possessive preceding prefix preposition present preterite pronouns pronunciation qualities refer Saxon Scotch sense sentence separate Shakspeare signifies similar singular sound speak speaker species Subjunctive Subjunctive Mood syllable synonymous tence termed terminations thing Thou tion tive tongue transitive verb understood usage usually verbal vowel walk write written