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