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 ending England English language English words Enlargement examples EXERCISE feminine French words gender German gerund give grammar greatest Greek guttural Hence iambic iambic pentameter Imperative Mood INDICATIVE MOOD infinitive inflexions Intransitive John Julius Cæsar kind King large number Latin words lines literature living London Lord meaning Milton mood nominative Norman Norman-French object Old English Ormulum Parse the words participle passage passive Past Perfect person phrases plural poem poet poetry Pope possessive Predicate prefixes preposition present principal sentence pronoun prose prose-writer rhymed Roman root RULE Saxon Shakespeare singular sound speak speech Spenser spoken style Subjunctive Mood subordinate sentences suffix syllable Tense things thou thought transitive verb translation trochees verb verse words in italics write written wrote