An Improved Grammar of the English LanguageDurrie and Peck, 1833 - 192 pages |
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... definitive attributes , and have , grammatically considered , the like use as this , that , some , none , any . . * An is simply the Saxon ane , or an , one . It was formerly written an before a consonant ; * but for the ease and rapidi ...
... definitive attributes , and have , grammatically considered , the like use as this , that , some , none , any . . * An is simply the Saxon ane , or an , one . It was formerly written an before a consonant ; * but for the ease and rapidi ...
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... definitive an or a , being merely one , in its English orthography , and precisely synonymous with it , limits a common name to an individual of the species - its sole use is to express unity , and with respect to number , is the most ...
... definitive an or a , being merely one , in its English orthography , and precisely synonymous with it , limits a common name to an individual of the species - its sole use is to express unity , and with respect to number , is the most ...
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... definitive may be omitted ; as , " Duty to your majesty , and regard for the preservation of ourselves and our posterity , require us to entreat your royal attention . " It is also omitted before names whose signification is general ...
... definitive may be omitted ; as , " Duty to your majesty , and regard for the preservation of ourselves and our posterity , require us to entreat your royal attention . " It is also omitted before names whose signification is general ...
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... definitive the is employed before names , to limit their signification to one or more specific things of the kind , dis- criminated from others of the same kind . Hence the per- son or thing is understood by the reader or hearer ; as ...
... definitive the is employed before names , to limit their signification to one or more specific things of the kind , dis- criminated from others of the same kind . Hence the per- son or thing is understood by the reader or hearer ; as ...
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... definitive may be , and usually is , omitted ; as , " Sink down , ye mountains , and , ye valleys , rise . " " Be smooth , ye rocks ; ye rapid floods , give way . " Pope , Mes . " Granville commands ; your aid , O Muses , bring . " Wind ...
... definitive may be , and usually is , omitted ; as , " Sink down , ye mountains , and , ye valleys , rise . " " Be smooth , ye rocks ; ye rapid floods , give way . " Pope , Mes . " Granville commands ; your aid , O Muses , bring . " Wind ...
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accent adjective admit adverb affirmation Amphibrach attribute authors auxiliary called clause common conjunction connective considered construction definitive denotes distinct ellipsis English English language examples express fact future tense gender grammars hath Hence Hist idea idiom imperative mode indefinite indicative mode infinitive mode inflections intransitive irregular verb John joined language Latin letters Lord loved Thou loved Ye Lowth manner modifier n be loved n been loving nominative NOTE noun number of words object obsolete omitted original participle passages passive form past tense pause Perfect Tense personal pronoun phrases plural number Pope possessive preceding prefix preposition present tense principles Prior-Future Prior-Past qualities represents Rhet RULE Saxon sense sentence shalt or wilt signification singular number sometimes sound species subjunctive mode substitute suppose syllables tence termination thine things third person Thou shalt tion tive transitive verb Trochee true uttered verse vowel whole writers
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Page 139 - For which cause we faint not ; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day
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Page 173 - Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist : notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.