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... Conjunctions Conjunctions are linking words , whose primary purpose is to join words of similar function . This distinguishes them , grammatically , from prepositions . It is best to look at conjunctions as functional or syntactical ...
... Conjunctions Conjunctions are linking words , whose primary purpose is to join words of similar function . This distinguishes them , grammatically , from prepositions . It is best to look at conjunctions as functional or syntactical ...
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... conjunctions when , because , until , how , etc. , all introduce adverbial clauses of different types , and are classed as conjunctival adverbs , or adverbial conjunctions . So are if and whether , which introduce conditional or ...
... conjunctions when , because , until , how , etc. , all introduce adverbial clauses of different types , and are classed as conjunctival adverbs , or adverbial conjunctions . So are if and whether , which introduce conditional or ...
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... conjunctions to other uses , e.g. while and since , often employed to express contrast and causation . In the second classification ( comparison ) the conjunctions are as for equality and than for inequality , e.g. Do unto others as you ...
... conjunctions to other uses , e.g. while and since , often employed to express contrast and causation . In the second classification ( comparison ) the conjunctions are as for equality and than for inequality , e.g. Do unto others as you ...
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Preface | 11 |
Introduction | 13 |
Social Strata and Levels of Communication | 21 |
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adjective adverbial clauses adverbs analytical language archaic Ascham auxiliary Ben Jonson Caxton Chapter Chaucer co-ordinating colloquial common compound conjunctions construction Dictionary e.g. EMIH eighteenth century Elizabethan EMIH EMIH F EMOH emphatic English Grammar English Language epithets express F₁ Faerie Queene function genitive gerund grammarians H. C. Wyld hath Henry Henry IV Ibid F idiomatic illustrate infinitive inflexion intransitive verbs inversion J.Caes Jespersen King James Bible Latin linguistic literary English literature logical London main clause meaning Middle English modern English negative noun clause Old English origin orthography Oxford participle passive periphrastic person phrases plays poetic poetry poets prepositions pronoun pronunciation prose regarded relative Revels rhetoric rhythm selfe sentence seventeenth century Shakespeare Shakespeare and Jonson Sir Thomas sixteenth century sonne Sonnet speake speech spelling Spenser structure style stylistic subjunctive subordinate clauses syllables syntactical tense thee thou tongue translation Tudor English usage verse word order writing