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... meant by the Inflexion of a Noun ? A. Some change in its form , or spelling , to ex- press its relation to other words , or ideas . These changes are classed as belonging to either Gender , Number , or Case . Q. Are nouns only inflected ...
... meant by the Inflexion of a Noun ? A. Some change in its form , or spelling , to ex- press its relation to other words , or ideas . These changes are classed as belonging to either Gender , Number , or Case . Q. Are nouns only inflected ...
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... as each , every , either , express an individual number of objects . Such as much , little , some , express the quantity of some material substance . Q. What is meant by a " distinguishing adjec- tive 14 IRVING'S IMPROVED CATECHISM.
... as each , every , either , express an individual number of objects . Such as much , little , some , express the quantity of some material substance . Q. What is meant by a " distinguishing adjec- tive 14 IRVING'S IMPROVED CATECHISM.
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Christopher Irving Robert James Mann. Q. What is meant by a " distinguishing adjec- tive ? " A. A " distinguishing adjective " is a word which marks some particular thing out from the rest of its kind , as in the phrase , this apple , or ...
Christopher Irving Robert James Mann. Q. What is meant by a " distinguishing adjec- tive ? " A. A " distinguishing adjective " is a word which marks some particular thing out from the rest of its kind , as in the phrase , this apple , or ...
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... meant by a distributive pronoun ? A. In old grammars such words as each , every , either , neither , were called distributive pronouns . But they are now classed as " Distributive numeral adjectives . " They are all joined with nouns in ...
... meant by a distributive pronoun ? A. In old grammars such words as each , every , either , neither , were called distributive pronouns . But they are now classed as " Distributive numeral adjectives . " They are all joined with nouns in ...
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... meant by a conjugation of a verb ? A. The change of the form of expression to indicate relations to person , number , manner , and time . Q. By what contrivance are these changes of form managed ? A. 1 , By prefixing different personal ...
... meant by a conjugation of a verb ? A. The change of the form of expression to indicate relations to person , number , manner , and time . Q. By what contrivance are these changes of form managed ? A. 1 , By prefixing different personal ...
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adverb Anapestic apostrophe auxiliary verbs Bradford Grammar School brother called Charing Cross cloth coloured common gender compared compound Conjugate the verb conjunction Decline denote diligent dipthong Edition Edward Stanford Ellipsis Exercises expressed or understood father Fcap friends FUTURE happy horse Imperative Mood indicative mood infinitive mood Interrogation intransitive verb irregular verb James kind lady letters loved Maps mayst or canst meant moods and tenses mounted on rollers names neuter verb nominative nouns object Parse the sentence PAST COMPLETE PAST INDEFINITE Past Participle personal pronoun phrase plural number possessive Potential Mood preposition PRESENT COMPLETE PRESENT INDEFINITE present tense Price principal regular active verb requires riches RULE sense short syllables shouldst singular number speak speech Subjunctive Mood superlative third person singular Thou art Thou hast Thou mayst Thou mightst tive varnished VARTY'S verb active verse virtue vowel wise words wouldst write
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Page 106 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 101 - To purchase Heaven has gold the power ? Can gold remove the mortal hour ? In life can love be bought with gold ? Are friendship's pleasures to be sold ? No — all that's worth a wish — a thought, Fair virtue gives unbrib'd, unbought.
Page 92 - And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
Page 38 - They might, could, would, or should have been loved. or should have been loved. Subjunctive Mood. PRESENT TENSE. SINGULAR. PLURAL. 1. If I be loved. 1 . If we be loved. 2. If thou be loved. 2. If ye or you be loved. 3. If he be loved.
Page 95 - IT is an unanswerable argument of a very refined age, the wonderful civilities that have passed of late years between the nation of authors and that of readers.
Page 101 - Adjectives derived from the proper names of places; as, Grecian, Roman, English, French, and Italian. 6. The first word of a quotation, introduced after a colon, or when it is in a direct form ; as, Always remember this ancient maxim :
Page 101 - ... blood can expiate. The reason perhaps may be, because no other vice implies a want of courage so much as the making of a lie ; and, therefore, telling a man he lies, is touching him in the most sensible part of honour, and indirectly calling him a coward. I cannot omit under this head what Herodotus tells us of the ancient Persians, that from the age of five years to twenty, they instruct their sons only in three things, to manage the horse, to make use of the bow, and to speak truth.
Page 36 - Perfect Tense. Singular. Plural. 1. I have been loved, 1. We have been loved, 2. Thou hast been loved, 2. You have been loved, 3. He has been loved ; 3. They have been loved. Pluperfect Tense. Singular. Plural. 1. I had been loved, 1.
Page 98 - COLON. The Colon is used to divide a sentence into two or more parts, less connected than those which are separated by a semicolon ; but not so independent as separate, distinct sentences.
Page 30 - PERFECT TENSE Singular Plural 1 I have been 1 We have been 2 Thou hast been 2 You have been 3 He has been 3 They have been PLUPERFECT (PAST PERFECT) TENSE Singular Plural...