A grammar of the English languageCradock and Company, 1842 - 115 pages |
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ablative action active verb adjectives adverbs antecedent auxiliary verbs called common gender Compound Past compound tenses conjugation conjunction consonant dative defective verbs definite article denote diphthong ellipsis employed before nouns English language ETYMOLOGY example Feminine frequently future tense genitive governed GUY'S half-bound Henry horse imperative mode impersonal verbs indefinite INDICATIVE MODE infinitive inflection instance interrogative irregular Latin lative letter Lord loved manner Masculine meaning modes and tenses namely negative neuter verb nominative noun or pronoun nouns and pronouns number and person object passive verbs past participle past tense peculiar person and number person or thing personal pronouns phrase Plur plural number Positive possessive pronoun preceded preposition Present Tense principal verbs pupil refers to persons regular verbs relative pronouns rule sentence signs Sing singular number sometimes speak speech subjunctive mode syllable Syntax third person tion to-morrow Triphthong vowel woman writing
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Page 43 - I am * Thou art He is We are You are They are Perfect I have been Thou hast been He has been Present Participle Being Indicative Imperfect I was Thou wast He was We...
Page 43 - I had been. thou hadst been. he had been. we had been. you had been. they had been. PAST ANTERIOR. C...
Page 41 - I had had. Thou hadst had. He had had. We had had. You had had. They had had.
Page 113 - BEAUTY is but a vain, a fleeting good, A shining gloss, that fadeth suddenly ; A flow'r that dies when almost in the bud, A brittle glass that breaketh presently. A fleeting good, a gloss, a glass, a flow'r, Lost, faded, broken, dead, within an hour.
Page 22 - ... good, better, best; bad, worse, worst; little, less, least ; much or many, more, most ; near, nearer, nearest or next ; late, later, latest or last ; old, older or elder, oldest or eldest ;
Page 51 - ... to shrive to shut to sing to sink to sit to slay to sleep to slide to sling to slink to slit to smell to smite to sow to speak to speed to spell to spend...
Page 108 - BA ar'tium baccalau'reus, bachelor of arts. Abp. archbishop. AC an'te Chris'tum, before Christ. Acct. account. AD an'no dom'ini, in the year of our Lord. Admr. administrator. Ala. Alabama.
Page 108 - BC Before Christ. BCL Bachelor of Civil Law. BD (baccalaureus divinitatis). Bachelor of Divinity. BL (baccalaureus legum). Bachelor of Laws. BM (baccalaureus medicince).
Page 49 - I ate, I fell, I fed, I felt, I fought, I found, I fled, I flung, I flew, I forbore, I forbade, I forgot, I forgave, I forsook, I got, I gave, I went, I ground, I had, I heard, I hid, I hit, I held, I hurt, I kept, PARTICIPLES.
Page 87 - All words of more than one syllable ending in a single consonant, preceded by a single vowel, and accented on the last syllable, double that consonant in derivatives : as, commit, committee ; compel, compelled; appal, appalling; distil, distiller.