Words and Their Uses, Past and Present: A Study of the English Language

absurd action adjective American Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon language authority auxiliary verb British called Chaucer common compound criticism dative dictionary distinction educated England English language etymology example existence express fact feminine following passage French gender give grammar grammarians Greek guage heard hundred idiom ignorance inflection instance Johnson lady Latin Latin language learned letter lish meaning meant merely misuse newspapers noun object participle passive passive voice perfect person perversion phrase possessive predicate present preterite pronoun proves the rule puellam question readers reason RICHARD GRANT WHITE risum sense sentence simple singular speak speakers speech stand-point style substantive superfluous sure tence tense thing thou thought tion tongue total depravity transitive verb transpire usage verb verbal verbal noun voice Webster's Dictionary woman word worth writers written