English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham
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Metamorphosis metamorphoses
Parenthesis parentheses Phenomenon phenomena Radius radii _or_ radiuses Stamen stamina Seraph seraphim _or_ seraphs Stimulus stimuli Stratum strata Thesis theses Vertex vertices Vortex vortices _or_ vortexes [2] Genii, imaginary spirits: geniuses, persons of great mental abilities. [3] Indexes, when pointers or tables of contents are meant: indices, when referring to algebraic quantities. CASE. Case, when applied to nouns and pronouns, means the different state, situation, or position they have in relation to other words. Nouns have three cases, the nominative, the possessive, and the objective. I deem the essential qualities of _case_, in English, to consist, not in the _changes_ or _inflections_ produced on nouns and pronouns, but in the various offices which they perform in a sentence, by assuming different positions in regard to other words. In accordance with this definition, these cases can be easily explained on reasoning |
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