English GrammarScholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1981 - 312 pages |
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Page 38
... thing : as , a good thing ; a bad thing : or of any particular substantive ; as , a sweet apple , a pleasant prospect , a lizely boy . 4. A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun , to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word ...
... thing : as , a good thing ; a bad thing : or of any particular substantive ; as , a sweet apple , a pleasant prospect , a lizely boy . 4. A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun , to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word ...
Page 74
... thing that is past ; but the former denotes it in such a manner , that there is still actually remaining some part of the time to slide away , wherein we declare the thing has been done ; whereas the imperfect denotes the thing er ...
... thing that is past ; but the former denotes it in such a manner , that there is still actually remaining some part of the time to slide away , wherein we declare the thing has been done ; whereas the imperfect denotes the thing er ...
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... thing chiefly spoken of ; the attri- bute is the thing or action affirmed or denied of it ; and the object is the thing affected by such action . The nominative denotes the subject , and usually goes before the verb or attribute ; and ...
... thing chiefly spoken of ; the attri- bute is the thing or action affirmed or denied of it ; and the object is the thing affected by such action . The nominative denotes the subject , and usually goes before the verb or attribute ; and ...
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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