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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... considered , little can be expected from a new compilation , besides a careful selection of the most useful matter , and some degree of improvement in the mode of adapting it to the understanding , and the gradual prc- of learners . In ...
... considered , little can be expected from a new compilation , besides a careful selection of the most useful matter , and some degree of improvement in the mode of adapting it to the understanding , and the gradual prc- of learners . In ...
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... considered . In a work which professes itself to be a compilation , and which , from the nature and design of it , must consist of materials selected from the writings of others , it is scarcely necessary to apologize for the use which ...
... considered . In a work which professes itself to be a compilation , and which , from the nature and design of it , must consist of materials selected from the writings of others , it is scarcely necessary to apologize for the use which ...
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... considered as diphthongs , or diphthongal vowels , our language , strictly speaking , con- tains but twelve simple vowel sounds ; to represent which , we have only five distinct characters or letters . If a in far , is the same specific ...
... considered as diphthongs , or diphthongal vowels , our language , strictly speaking , con- tains but twelve simple vowel sounds ; to represent which , we have only five distinct characters or letters . If a in far , is the same specific ...
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... can , in strictness , be entitled to that appellation ; and the single letters i and u , when pronounced long , must , in this view , be considered as diphthongs . The triphthongs , having at most but two 20 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... can , in strictness , be entitled to that appellation ; and the single letters i and u , when pronounced long , must , in this view , be considered as diphthongs . The triphthongs , having at most but two 20 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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... considered as a part of artificial language or speech , being rather a branch of that natural language , which we possess in common with the brute creation , and by which we ex- press the sudden emotions and passions that actuate our ...
... considered as a part of artificial language or speech , being rather a branch of that natural language , which we possess in common with the brute creation , and by which we ex- press the sudden emotions and passions that actuate our ...
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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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