English GrammarScholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1981 - 312 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 30
Page 38
... Substantive or noun is the name of any thing that exists , or of which we have any notion : as , London , man , virtue . A substantive may , in general , be distinguished by its taking an article before it , or by its making sense of it ...
... Substantive or noun is the name of any thing that exists , or of which we have any notion : as , London , man , virtue . A substantive may , in general , be distinguished by its taking an article before it , or by its making sense of it ...
Page 149
... substantive : as , " A generous man ; " " How amiable a woman ! " The instances in which it comes after the substantive , are the following . 1st , .When something depends upon the adjective ; and when it gives a better sound ...
... substantive : as , " A generous man ; " " How amiable a woman ! " The instances in which it comes after the substantive , are the following . 1st , .When something depends upon the adjective ; and when it gives a better sound ...
Page 202
... substantive , and in the no- minative case , because it is put in apposition with the substantive " emperor , " agreeably to the first note of Rule 1. Was is an irregular verb neuter , indicative mood , imperfect tense , and the third ...
... substantive , and in the no- minative case , because it is put in apposition with the substantive " emperor , " agreeably to the first note of Rule 1. Was is an irregular verb neuter , indicative mood , imperfect tense , and the third ...
Common terms and phrases
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