English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners : with an Appendix Containing Rules and Observations for Assisting the More Advanced Students to Write with Perspicuity and AccuracyOliver D. Cooke, 1805 - 336 pages |
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... adverbs . Of prepositions . : Of conjunctions . : CHAP . 7 . CHAP . 8 . CHAP . 9 . СНАР . 10 . Of interjections . CHAP . 11 . Of derivation . SECT . 1 . 2 . : : : : : 117 : : 119 : 123 : : : 126 : : : : 129 : 130 Of the various ways in ...
... adverbs . Of prepositions . : Of conjunctions . : CHAP . 7 . CHAP . 8 . CHAP . 9 . СНАР . 10 . Of interjections . CHAP . 11 . Of derivation . SECT . 1 . 2 . : : : : : 117 : : 119 : 123 : : : 126 : : : : 129 : 130 Of the various ways in ...
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... adverbs . Of the position of adverbs . Of two negatives . : . : : : : : : : 179 : : 183 : : : : : : 186 : : : : : : 189 : : : 189 Of the syntax of prepositions . Of the syntax of conjunctions . : Of conjunctions connecting the same ...
... adverbs . Of the position of adverbs . Of two negatives . : . : : : : : : : 179 : : 183 : : : : : : 186 : : : : : : 189 : : : 189 Of the syntax of prepositions . Of the syntax of conjunctions . : Of conjunctions connecting the same ...
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... ADVERB , the PREPOSITION , the CON- JUNCTION , and the INTERJECTION . 1. An Article is a word prefixed to substan- tives , to point them out , and to show how far their signification extends : as , a garden , an eagle , the woman . 2. A ...
... ADVERB , the PREPOSITION , the CON- JUNCTION , and the INTERJECTION . 1. An Article is a word prefixed to substan- tives , to point them out , and to show how far their signification extends : as , a garden , an eagle , the woman . 2. A ...
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... adverb is a part of speech joined to a verb , an adjective , and sometimes to another ad- verb , to express some quality or circumstance re- specting it : as , " He reads well ; a truly good man ; he writes very correctly . " An Adverb ...
... adverb is a part of speech joined to a verb , an adjective , and sometimes to another ad- verb , to express some quality or circumstance re- specting it : as , " He reads well ; a truly good man ; he writes very correctly . " An Adverb ...
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... adverbs in the comparative and superlative degree ; and its effect is , to mark the degree the more strongly , and to define it the more precisely as The more l'examine it , the better I like is . I - like this the least of any ...
... adverbs in the comparative and superlative degree ; and its effect is , to mark the degree the more strongly , and to define it the more precisely as The more l'examine it , the better I like is . I - like this the least of any ...
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accent action active verb adjective admit adverb agreeable appear auxiliary auxiliary verbs better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant copulative degree denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive governed grammar grammarians Greek guage hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb king learner Lord loved manner means mind moods and tenses mute names nature nominative noun object observations octavo participle passive pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrases Pluperfect Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition Present Tense principal proper properly propriety render respect RULE SECT sense sentiments shalt short signify simple singular number sometimes speak speech subjunctive mood superlative syllable termination thing tion tive Trochee variation verb active verb neuter virtue voice vowel wise words wouldst writing
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