A philosophical and practical grammar of the English Language1836 |
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accent action adjective admit adverb affirmation Amphibrach attribute authors auxiliary called clause comma common conjunction connective considered construction definitive denotes distinct ellipsis English English language examples express fact future tense gender Grammar Greek hath Hence Hist idea idiom imperative mode indefinite indicative mode infinitive mode inflections intransitive irregular verb John joined language Latin letters Lord loved Ye Lowth manner modifier n be loved n been loving neuter nominative NOTE noun number of words object obsolete omitted original participle passages passive form past tense pause Perfect Tense personal pronoun phrases plural number Pope possessive preceding prefix preposition present tense principles Prior-Future Prior-Past qualities represents Rhet RULE Saxon sense sentence shalt or wilt signification singular number sometimes sound species subjunctive mode substitute suppose syllables tence termination thine things third person tion tive transitive verb Trochee true uttered verse vowel whole writers