[*] 870. The first part of a compound may be a noun-stem, a verbstem, a numeral, a preposition or adverb, or an inseparable prefix. a. The use of stems in composition is a survival of a period in the history of language in which inflections were not fully developed.
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Part I: Letters, Sounds, Syllables, Accent
Part II: Inflection
Part IV: Syntax
ADVERBIAL COMPLEX SENTENCES
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ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
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[*] 870. The first part of a compound may be a noun-stem, a verbstem, a numeral, a preposition or adverb, or an inseparable prefix. a. The use of stems in composition is a survival of a period in the history of language in which inflections were not fully developed.
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