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... possessive , and objective ; and only one of these , the possessive , is marked by inflection . There is now no difference of form for the nominative and objective cases . DEFINITION . - The nominative case of a noun is THE NOUN 83.
... possessive , and objective ; and only one of these , the possessive , is marked by inflection . There is now no difference of form for the nominative and objective cases . DEFINITION . - The nominative case of a noun is THE NOUN 83.
Страница 84
... possessive case of a noun is that form of the noun which denotes the relation of owner- ship . King Arthur's sword . The soldiers ' home . A noun in the possessive case always modifies another noun , expressed or understood . The ...
... possessive case of a noun is that form of the noun which denotes the relation of owner- ship . King Arthur's sword . The soldiers ' home . A noun in the possessive case always modifies another noun , expressed or understood . The ...
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... possessive ( or geni- tive ) case was es . The apostrophe marks the fact that the vowel has been dropped . The unchanged Anglo - Saxon inflec- tion may still be seen in Wednesday , which is a contraction from Wodnes - dæg . In compound ...
... possessive ( or geni- tive ) case was es . The apostrophe marks the fact that the vowel has been dropped . The unchanged Anglo - Saxon inflec- tion may still be seen in Wednesday , which is a contraction from Wodnes - dæg . In compound ...
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... possessive inflection is rarely used except with nouns denoting persons , animals , and personified objects : Johnson's store , the dog's head , the moon's face ; but it is not usual to say , the book's leaves , or the house's roof ...
... possessive inflection is rarely used except with nouns denoting persons , animals , and personified objects : Johnson's store , the dog's head , the moon's face ; but it is not usual to say , the book's leaves , or the house's roof ...
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... POSSESSIVE : girl's girls ' man's men's OBJECTIVE : girl girls man men NOMINATIVE : lady ladies sheep sheep POSSESSIVE : lady's ladies ' sheep's sheep's OBJECTIVE : lady ladies sheep sheep EXERCISE 41 . Give the case and the office of ...
... POSSESSIVE : girl's girls ' man's men's OBJECTIVE : girl girls man men NOMINATIVE : lady ladies sheep sheep POSSESSIVE : lady's ladies ' sheep's sheep's OBJECTIVE : lady ladies sheep sheep EXERCISE 41 . Give the case and the office of ...
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abstract nouns accented ACTIVE VOICE adjective modifiers adjective phrase adverb adverbial clause adverbial phrase amphibrach ANAPESTIC antecedent apposition auxiliary verbs birds called comma concord conjunction connected DACTYLIC declarative sentence DEFINITION denoting elements English EXERCISE express feminine following sentences FUTURE PERFECT TENSE gender give a reason GRAM grammar imperative mode independent clause indicative mode infinitive inflection interrogative intransitive kind language Latin masculine modify the meaning nominative notional verb noun clause noun or pronoun noun phrase object parse passive voice Past Participle PAST TENSE PERFECT TENSE person or thing personal pronoun poetry possessive predicate complement prefix preposition Present Past PRESENT PERFECT principal clause relative pronoun rime rule seen Shakespeare Singular Plural sometimes speak spoken SUBJECT WORD subjunctive mode subordinate clause suffix superlative syllables syllables rime tell tence TENSE Singular thee third person Thou tion tive transitive verb TROCHAIC VOICE Plural walk write
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