English GrammarScholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1981 - 312 pages |
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... beginning with a conso- nant , commonly change y into i ; as , happy , happily , hap- piness . But when y is preceded by a vowel , it is very rarely changed in the additional syllable ; as , coy , coyly ; boy , boyish , boyhood : annoy ...
... beginning with a conso- nant , commonly change y into i ; as , happy , happily , hap- piness . But when y is preceded by a vowel , it is very rarely changed in the additional syllable ; as , coy , coyly ; boy , boyish , boyhood : annoy ...
Page 235
... beginning of wisdom . " " Every part of matter swarms with living creatures . " A simple sentence , however , when it is a long one , and the nominative case is accompanied with inseparable ad- jects , may admit of a pause immediately ...
... beginning of wisdom . " " Every part of matter swarms with living creatures . " A simple sentence , however , when it is a long one , and the nominative case is accompanied with inseparable ad- jects , may admit of a pause immediately ...
Page 246
... beginning of another . In this case , it is faced at the end of the first line , not at the beginning of the second . The Acute Accent , marked thus ' . as , " Fáncy . " The Grave thus : as , " Favour . " In English , the Accentual ...
... beginning of another . In this case , it is faced at the end of the first line , not at the beginning of the second . The Acute Accent , marked thus ' . as , " Fáncy . " The Grave thus : as , " Favour . " In English , the Accentual ...
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accent active verb adjective pronouns admit adverb agreeable appear auxiliary better c¿sura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction degree denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished edition ellipsis English Grammar English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense gender genitive give governed grammarians happy ideas imperative mood imperfect tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb kind king learner Lindley Murray Lord loved Lowth manner means mind Murray Murray's names nature nominative noun objective observations participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuity phrases Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative pronoun respect sense sentiments short signifies simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood superlative syllable tence termination thing third person singular tion tive Trochee verb active verb neuter virtue voice vowel wise writing