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 Accuracy |
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... marked in the English alphabet , as consonants , are either superfluous , or represent , not simple , but complex sounds . C , for instance , is superfluous in both its sounds ; the one being expressed by k , and the other by s . G , in ...
... marked in the English alphabet , as consonants , are either superfluous , or represent , not simple , but complex sounds . C , for instance , is superfluous in both its sounds ; the one being expressed by k , and the other by s . G , in ...
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... marked by the term improper . As the diphthong derives its name and nature from its sound , and not from its letters , and properly denotes a double vowel sound , no union of two vowels , where one is silent , can , in strictness , be ...
... marked by the term improper . As the diphthong derives its name and nature from its sound , and not from its letters , and properly denotes a double vowel sound , no union of two vowels , where one is silent , can , in strictness , be ...
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... marked by the e final in monosylla- bles ; as thin , thine ; except give , live . Before r it is often sounded like a short u ; as flirt , first . In some words it has the sound of e long ; as in machine , bombazine , magazine . The ...
... marked by the e final in monosylla- bles ; as thin , thine ; except give , live . Before r it is often sounded like a short u ; as flirt , first . In some words it has the sound of e long ; as in machine , bombazine , magazine . The ...
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... marked above , ) may be expressed intelligibly , at least , if not accurately , by certain adverbs , or words of like import : as , " Socrates was much wiser than Alcibiades ; ” “ Snow is a great 66 deal whiter than this paper ...
... marked above , ) may be expressed intelligibly , at least , if not accurately , by certain adverbs , or words of like import : as , " Socrates was much wiser than Alcibiades ; ” “ Snow is a great 66 deal whiter than this paper ...
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... marked by a distinction of gender ; at least when some particu lar person or thing is spoken of , that ought to be more distinctly marked : accordingly the pronoun singular of the third per son has the three genders , he , she , it ...
... marked by a distinction of gender ; at least when some particu lar person or thing is spoken of , that ought to be more distinctly marked : accordingly the pronoun singular of the third per son has the three genders , he , she , it ...
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accent action active verb adjective pronoun admitted adverb agreeable antecedent appear applied auxiliary verb better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction copulative denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished ellipsis English language following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive give grammarians happy hath idea imperative mood Imperfect Tense improper improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb king latter learner Lord loved manner means mind nature nominative noun objective observations Octavo Grammar participle passive pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrases Pluperfect Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal verb proper properly propriety relative pronoun render Repeat respect rule sense sentiments signify simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable termination thing tion tive Trochee verb active verb neuter virtue voice vowel wise words wouldst writing
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