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... relative frequency of different methods of expressing the same or similar ideas , and noting whatever else may seem to be of value for an understanding of the history of the construction in question . To this end I have endeavored to ...
... relative frequency of different methods of expressing the same or similar ideas , and noting whatever else may seem to be of value for an understanding of the history of the construction in question . To this end I have endeavored to ...
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... relative . That this is true is made evident by the great number of connectives of which the relative de forms a part , and by the fact that often , in the case of clauses introduced by a phrase composed of a preposition + object ( noun ...
... relative . That this is true is made evident by the great number of connectives of which the relative de forms a part , and by the fact that often , in the case of clauses introduced by a phrase composed of a preposition + object ( noun ...
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... relative er1 , when used as a temporal conjunction . However . pa alone is used , and I cite an example taken from the Ice- landic - English Dictionary of Cleasby - Vigfusson : Fornmanna Saga 7.165 eitt sinn þa Sigurðr konungr for fyrir ...
... relative er1 , when used as a temporal conjunction . However . pa alone is used , and I cite an example taken from the Ice- landic - English Dictionary of Cleasby - Vigfusson : Fornmanna Saga 7.165 eitt sinn þa Sigurðr konungr for fyrir ...
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... relative frequency in BIH . is another evidence of the latter's archaic language . It occurs a number of times in Mart . , but is rare in other texts . The da in the main clause appears in about the same proportion as in the case of ...
... relative frequency in BIH . is another evidence of the latter's archaic language . It occurs a number of times in Mart . , but is rare in other texts . The da in the main clause appears in about the same proportion as in the case of ...
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... relative , as in this sentence : John 9.4 niht cymb , bonne nan man wyrcan ne mæg . In such sen- tences the clause introduced by donne does not de- termine the time of the action of the main verb , but rather is used to characterize or ...
... relative , as in this sentence : John 9.4 niht cymb , bonne nan man wyrcan ne mæg . In such sen- tences the clause introduced by donne does not de- termine the time of the action of the main verb , but rather is used to characterize or ...
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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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