English GrammarScholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1981 - 312 pages |
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Page 47
... plural ; as , cargo , echo , hero , negro , manifesto , potato , volcano , wo and sometimes only s ; as , folio , nuncio , punctilio , seraglio . Nouns ending in f , or fe , are rendered plural by the change of those terminations into ...
... plural ; as , cargo , echo , hero , negro , manifesto , potato , volcano , wo and sometimes only s ; as , folio , nuncio , punctilio , seraglio . Nouns ending in f , or fe , are rendered plural by the change of those terminations into ...
Page 97
... Plural . 1. We have been loved . 2. Ye or you have been loved 3. They have been loved . Pluperfect Tense . 2. Thou hadst been loved . 3. He had been loved . Singular . Plural . 1. We had been loved . 2. Ye or you had been loved 3. They ...
... Plural . 1. We have been loved . 2. Ye or you have been loved 3. They have been loved . Pluperfect Tense . 2. Thou hadst been loved . 3. He had been loved . Singular . Plural . 1. We had been loved . 2. Ye or you had been loved 3. They ...
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... plural . ( Re- peat the present tense , & c . ) .Act is a regular verb active , indicative mood , present tense ... plural number , and in the nominative case . ( Decline it . ) Should be is an irregular verb neuter , in the potential ...
... plural . ( Re- peat the present tense , & c . ) .Act is a regular verb active , indicative mood , present tense ... plural number , and in the nominative case . ( Decline it . ) Should be is an irregular verb neuter , in the potential ...
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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