English GrammarScholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1981 - 312 pages |
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Lindley Murray. A perfect alphabet of the English language , and , in- deed , of every other language , would contain a number of letters , precisely equal to the number of simple arti- culate sounds belonging to the language . Every ...
Lindley Murray. A perfect alphabet of the English language , and , in- deed , of every other language , would contain a number of letters , precisely equal to the number of simple arti- culate sounds belonging to the language . Every ...
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... language spoken by those , whom they had subdued : but this change can- not be supposed to have been very considerable , as the Danish and Saxon languages arose from one common source , the Gothic being the parent of both . " The next ...
... language spoken by those , whom they had subdued : but this change can- not be supposed to have been very considerable , as the Danish and Saxon languages arose from one common source , the Gothic being the parent of both . " The next ...
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... Language . Though many of those attentions which have been re- co : nmended , may appear minute , yet their effect upon writing and style , is much greater than might , at first , be imagined . A sentiment which is expressed in accurate ...
... Language . Though many of those attentions which have been re- co : nmended , may appear minute , yet their effect upon writing and style , is much greater than might , at first , be imagined . A sentiment which is expressed in accurate ...
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accent active verb adjective pronouns admit adverb agreeable appear auxiliary better cæsura 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