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... tion of vocal sounds and articulations , is extremely incomplete but its incompleteness , different from that of our alphabetical system , is unavoidable . The elementary sounds and articula tions of any language being very limited , it ...
... tion of vocal sounds and articulations , is extremely incomplete but its incompleteness , different from that of our alphabetical system , is unavoidable . The elementary sounds and articula tions of any language being very limited , it ...
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... tion of rails ; chain , a collection of links , and many others of this kind . The English language , in common with Latin , falls into a grammatical inconsistency respecting these words ; it occasionally requires collective ...
... tion of rails ; chain , a collection of links , and many others of this kind . The English language , in common with Latin , falls into a grammatical inconsistency respecting these words ; it occasionally requires collective ...
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... tion of the substantive to a smaller range of individuals . In many languages , and particularly in Sanskrit , Greek and Latin , adjectives have distinctive terminations ; which , as Horne Tooke remarks , were originally separate words ...
... tion of the substantive to a smaller range of individuals . In many languages , and particularly in Sanskrit , Greek and Latin , adjectives have distinctive terminations ; which , as Horne Tooke remarks , were originally separate words ...
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... tion ; it implies the existence of a subject , but without designation of persons . These peculiarities of import have rendered its classification difficult : some grammarians consider it as a sub- division of the infinitive , and ...
... tion ; it implies the existence of a subject , but without designation of persons . These peculiarities of import have rendered its classification difficult : some grammarians consider it as a sub- division of the infinitive , and ...
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... tion , time , number , and person ; thus , in Latin , studeo ( I study ) , and , in Italian , parlerà ( he will speak ) , constitute complete propositions . In other idioms , as English , French , and German , pronouns are indispensable ...
... tion , time , number , and person ; thus , in Latin , studeo ( I study ) , and , in Italian , parlerà ( he will speak ) , constitute complete propositions . In other idioms , as English , French , and German , pronouns are indispensable ...
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