Chapter 8 of Grammar-land is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Grammar-land is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE QUARREL BETWEEN MR. ADJECTIVE AND MR. PRONOUN AND LITTLE INTERJECTION. It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun. When the Judge came into court the next day he found them both much excited.
Chapter 8 of Grammar-land is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a word that expresses an attribute of something
From this reading “ADJECTIVE AND MR.”
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading “When the Judge came into court the next day he found them both much excited.”
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading “When the Judge came into court the next day he found them both much excited.”
an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion
From this reading “PRONOUN AND LITTLE INTERJECTION.”
determine the result of (a competition)
From this reading “When the Judge came into court the next day he found them both much excited.”
a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
From this reading “PRONOUN AND LITTLE INTERJECTION.”
an angry dispute
From this reading “THE QUARREL BETWEEN MR.”
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading “It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “When the Judge came into court the next day he found them both much excited.”
In this reading “When the Judge came into court the next day he found them both much excited.”
In this reading “It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun.”
obtain, especially accidentally
In this reading “When the Judge came into court the next day he found them both much excited.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun.
a word that expresses an attribute of something
From this reading ADJECTIVE AND MR.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ADJECTIVE AND MR.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading THE QUARREL BETWEEN MR.
the two together, not just one
From this reading When the Judge came into court the next day he found them both much excited.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading When the Judge came into court the next day he found them both much excited.
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
From this reading When the Judge came into court the next day he found them both much excited.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading When the Judge came into court the next day he found them both much excited.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun.
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading When the Judge came into court the next day he found them both much excited.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun.
set up or found
From this reading When the Judge came into court the next day he found them both much excited.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun.
an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion
From this reading PRONOUN AND LITTLE INTERJECTION.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading When the Judge came into court the next day he found them both much excited.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun.
determine the result of (a competition)
From this reading When the Judge came into court the next day he found them both much excited.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading PRONOUN AND LITTLE INTERJECTION.
a form of address for a man
From this reading THE QUARREL BETWEEN MR.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading When the Judge came into court the next day he found them both much excited.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading When the Judge came into court the next day he found them both much excited.
a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
From this reading PRONOUN AND LITTLE INTERJECTION.
an angry dispute
From this reading THE QUARREL BETWEEN MR.
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun.
express in words
From this reading It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE QUARREL BETWEEN MR.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading When the Judge came into court the next day he found them both much excited.
a special situation
From this reading It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun.
at the time that
From this reading It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It is sad to tell that nearly the first thing Mr. Adjective did when he was set free was to have a quarrel with Pronoun.
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