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Common terms and phrases
accent addition Adjective Adverbs allied Angles Anglo-Saxon form Anglo-Saxon language Antecedent Bærnandum Beda called changing the vowel combination comes compound Conjunctions connected consonant Copula Dative Declension Definite Article denotes derived different word elementary sounds England English language equivalent Etymology expressed father female feminine French German govern Grammar Greek Hence horse indicative mood Infinitive Mood inflection Intransitive John John walks Julius Cæsar Jutes King Latin language Latin word male masculine means Mood mortal Moso-Gothic mute neuter gender Nominative noun object Old High German Orthoëpy Participle past tense phrases plural plural forms plural number possessive preceded Predicate present English present tense preterite Pronoun proposition respect rhymes ridden Saxons second person singular sense sentence separate simple elementary single word singular number speak spelling spelt spoken superlative syllable Syntax th in thin thine thing thou tive vowel walk whilst words ending writing written
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