An English Grammar by J. W. (James Witt) Sewell;W. M. (William Malone) Baskervill
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belief occupation justice service trail feeling choice simplicity SPECIAL USES OF NOUNS. [Sidenote: _Nouns change by use._] 13. By being used so as to vary their usual meaning, nouns of one class may be made to approach another class, or to go over to it entirely. Since words alter their meaning so rapidly by a widening or narrowing of their application, we shall find numerous examples of this shifting from class to class; but most of them are in the following groups. For further discussion see the remarks on articles (p. 119). [Sidenote: _Proper names transferred to common use._] 14. Proper nouns are used as common in either of two ways:-- (1) _The origin of a thing is used for the thing itself_: that is, the |
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