Rudimental Lessons in Etymology and Syntax: In which These Two Parts of Grammar are Exhibited in Parallel Columns : Carelfuly Adapted to the Capacity of Young Learners |
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... Grammar . BY MANASSEH ROBBINS , TEACHER OF YOUTH . PROVIDENCE , R. I. PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY JOHN HUTCHENS . B. Cranston , Printer . 1826 . Educ T 758.26.755 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY GIFT OF GEORGE ARTHUR RUDIMENTAL LESSONS.
... Grammar . BY MANASSEH ROBBINS , TEACHER OF YOUTH . PROVIDENCE , R. I. PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY JOHN HUTCHENS . B. Cranston , Printer . 1826 . Educ T 758.26.755 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY GIFT OF GEORGE ARTHUR RUDIMENTAL LESSONS.
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... John is a friend . Prosperity gains friends . Adversity tries friends . Men are frail creatures . A clever man praises vir- tue . A good man practices vir- tue . Virtue brings a reward . Why is " prosperity " a noun ? " Why is " gains ...
... John is a friend . Prosperity gains friends . Adversity tries friends . Men are frail creatures . A clever man praises vir- tue . A good man practices vir- tue . Virtue brings a reward . Why is " prosperity " a noun ? " Why is " gains ...
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... John or Joseph will go . " He hath respect to the poor , though he is high . ' " " " A worldly wise man seeks the applause of other men : A truly wise man seeks the approbation of his own mind . Gideon writes very correctly . Herod ...
... John or Joseph will go . " He hath respect to the poor , though he is high . ' " " " A worldly wise man seeks the applause of other men : A truly wise man seeks the approbation of his own mind . Gideon writes very correctly . Herod ...
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... John's book is neat . " " John's " is a noun in the possessive case , denoting the possessor of " book . " Examples of the possessive case . " John's disposition is bet- ter than his brother's . " " My father's virtue is not mine ...
... John's book is neat . " " John's " is a noun in the possessive case , denoting the possessor of " book . " Examples of the possessive case . " John's disposition is bet- ter than his brother's . " " My father's virtue is not mine ...
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... , and bowed down themselves before him . " " John went after his book . " Adverbs . " His elder brethren came before Benjamin did . " " He went after I came . " ] [ But and For are used as prepositions and conjunctions 16 PARALLELS .
... , and bowed down themselves before him . " " John went after his book . " Adverbs . " His elder brethren came before Benjamin did . " " He went after I came . " ] [ But and For are used as prepositions and conjunctions 16 PARALLELS .
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action or event action or existence adjective belongs adverb Auxiliaries common noun conjugation conjunctive pronoun connect words couldst derstood descriptive adjective distinc Etymology and Syntax Examples express action feminine Figures of Speech gender IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect indicative mood Infinitive Mood intransitive verb ject jective John's learner learning love the Truth MANASSEH ROBBINS masculine nominative noun or pronoun noun reward nouns and pronouns Nouns ending numbers belong objective case signifies Perfect Participle perfect sentence Perfect Tense person and number persons or things Pluperfect Tense plural by changing plural number Poss POTENTIAL MOOD prefixed preposition Present Tense principal verb pronominal adjec property or condition qualifies the verb rule Second Future Tense shouldst show the relation signifies the object singular number spoken SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD tence Tense represents Theism third person Thou mayst Thou mightst Thou wilt ticiple tion tive transitive verb must act walk wise