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... introduce it . In no way , I believe , can so just and positive a notion of the intimate relation of English to the other languages of the Germanic group be obtained , as by a comparative study of their syntax . Identity or likeness of ...
... introduce it . In no way , I believe , can so just and positive a notion of the intimate relation of English to the other languages of the Germanic group be obtained , as by a comparative study of their syntax . Identity or likeness of ...
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... introducing the temporal clause have been grouped into six divisions , according to the nature of the temporal relations indicated . There- fore we treat here the connectives introducing : A. Clauses indicating time when . B. Clauses ...
... introducing the temporal clause have been grouped into six divisions , according to the nature of the temporal relations indicated . There- fore we treat here the connectives introducing : A. Clauses indicating time when . B. Clauses ...
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... introduce a clause denoting time when . Wülfing1 classes this particle with those which intro- duce ' Nebensätze zur Angabe des Zeitpunktes , wann etwas geschieht ' . There are many cases in which đa might be translated while or after ...
... introduce a clause denoting time when . Wülfing1 classes this particle with those which intro- duce ' Nebensätze zur Angabe des Zeitpunktes , wann etwas geschieht ' . There are many cases in which đa might be translated while or after ...
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... introduce a clause telling when the action of the main clause takes place - to quote Wülfing again : ' zur Angabe des Zeit- punktes , wann etwas geschieht ' — and is translated by the German als . Bosworth - Toller , under donne , say ...
... introduce a clause telling when the action of the main clause takes place - to quote Wülfing again : ' zur Angabe des Zeit- punktes , wann etwas geschieht ' — and is translated by the German als . Bosworth - Toller , under donne , say ...
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... introduce a real adverbial temporal clause that this relative use seems at first strange . Further evidence of the fact that donne occasionally had this relative use in OE . is afforded by these examples : Lch . 1 . 324.6 heo hafap ...
... introduce a real adverbial temporal clause that this relative use seems at first strange . Further evidence of the fact that donne occasionally had this relative use in OE . is afforded by these examples : Lch . 1 . 324.6 heo hafap ...
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adverb æfter Ælfric ærest bið biscop Brut Cart Chron connective Crist cyning dæg dæge dæm dær dære dæs dæt daga dative Dial donne ealle Epis Examples follow folc Godes Guth hæfde halga Heliand heora hine hrade hwanne hwonne indeter Index-List of mid Index-List of swa indic instances Latin main clause Mart meaning mid dam mid dy Middle English mode Modern English Mugan næs NOTE noun occurs Otfrid particle Piers Plowman poetry pone ponne preposition psalm and verse quote examples secge sentence siððan sona swa swa Clauses swa swa swide Syntax Tatian temporal clause temporal conjunction texts thiu translates Vesp wære wæron wæs wið Wulf Wülfing þa hwile þæm þær þære þæs þæt þam þan þis þone þonne
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