An Improved Grammar of the English LanguageDurrie and Peck, 1833 - 192 pages |
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... pronoun , the word substitute or representa- tive is sometimes used ; for several of the words called pronouns are often used in the place of sentences , or they refer to them . Attribute is a word better understood than adjective ...
... pronoun , the word substitute or representa- tive is sometimes used ; for several of the words called pronouns are often used in the place of sentences , or they refer to them . Attribute is a word better understood than adjective ...
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... pronoun or substitute : when it is called a unction , it refers to a sentence . In most grammars , notwithstanding is called a conjunction . This is not true ; it is a compound of not and the participle withstanding , and with that ...
... pronoun or substitute : when it is called a unction , it refers to a sentence . In most grammars , notwithstanding is called a conjunction . This is not true ; it is a compound of not and the participle withstanding , and with that ...
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... pronouns or substitutes . 2d . Words which express the qualities of things , and which therefore are attached to the names of those things . These are here called adjectives , attributes or attributives . These are primary words in ...
... pronouns or substitutes . 2d . Words which express the qualities of things , and which therefore are attached to the names of those things . These are here called adjectives , attributes or attributives . These are primary words in ...
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... Pronouns or Substitutes , words which are used in the place of other words or of sentences . IV . Adjectives or Attributes , which express the qualities of things , and qualify the action of verbs , or the sense of other attributes and ...
... Pronouns or Substitutes , words which are used in the place of other words or of sentences . IV . Adjectives or Attributes , which express the qualities of things , and qualify the action of verbs , or the sense of other attributes and ...
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... PRONOUNS OR SUBSTITUTES . Substitutes or pronouns are of two kinds ; those which are used in the place of the names of persons only , and may be called personal ; and those which represent names , at- tributes , a sentence or part of a ...
... PRONOUNS OR SUBSTITUTES . Substitutes or pronouns are of two kinds ; those which are used in the place of the names of persons only , and may be called personal ; and those which represent names , at- tributes , a sentence or part of a ...
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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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