Abridgment of Murray's English Grammar: With an Appendix, Containing Exercises in Orthography, in Parsing, in Syntax, and in Punctuation |
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... applied to persons , which to animals and inanimate things ; as , " He is a friend who is faith- ful in adversity ; " " The bird , which sung so sweet- ly , is flown ; " " This is the tree , which produces no fruit . " " " That , as a ...
... applied to persons , which to animals and inanimate things ; as , " He is a friend who is faith- ful in adversity ; " " The bird , which sung so sweet- ly , is flown ; " " This is the tree , which produces no fruit . " " " That , as a ...
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... applied , in a manner which ap- pears to be exceptionable ; as , " All fevers except what are called nervous , " & c . It wonld at least be better to say , which are called nervous . " " 6 except those Note 1. Personal pronouns being ...
... applied , in a manner which ap- pears to be exceptionable ; as , " All fevers except what are called nervous , " & c . It wonld at least be better to say , which are called nervous . " " 6 except those Note 1. Personal pronouns being ...
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... applied to chil- dren and to animals ; thus we say , " It is a lovely child . " " That fowl which nature has taught to dip the wing in water . " Note 8. When the name of a person is used merely as a name , and it does not refer to the ...
... applied to chil- dren and to animals ; thus we say , " It is a lovely child . " " That fowl which nature has taught to dip the wing in water . " Note 8. When the name of a person is used merely as a name , and it does not refer to the ...
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... applied as adverbs ; as , " Indifferent honest ; excellent well ; miserable poor ; " instead of " Indifferently honest ; excellently well ; mis- erably poor . " Part 2. Adverbs are likewise improperly used as adjectives ; as , " The ...
... applied as adverbs ; as , " Indifferent honest ; excellent well ; miserable poor ; " instead of " Indifferently honest ; excellently well ; mis- erably poor . " Part 2. Adverbs are likewise improperly used as adjectives ; as , " The ...
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... applied , according to their distinct nature ; as , " Gold is corrupting ; The sea is green ; A lion is bold . " Note 1. A nice distinction of the sense is sometimes made by the use or omission of the article a . If say , " He behaved ...
... applied , according to their distinct nature ; as , " Gold is corrupting ; The sea is green ; A lion is bold . " Note 1. A nice distinction of the sense is sometimes made by the use or omission of the article a . If say , " He behaved ...
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active verb Adjective Pronouns adverb antecedent auxiliary comma Compound Perfect Conjugate the following conjunction connected copulative DEFECTIVE VERBS denote Diphthong ellipsis English Exercises following verbs frequently genitive govern verbs Grammar hadst happy hath honour Imperative Mood Imperfect Tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood Interjections Irregular Verbs king letter live manner mayst or canst nominative noun or pronoun nouns and pronouns number and person omitted Orthography Parsing passions passive verb pause perfect participle personal pronoun phrase Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preposition Present Tense relative pronoun respect reward RULE VIII Rule XII Second Future Tense SECT semicolon shalt or wilt shouldst signifies singular number sometimes subjunctive mood syllable thing Thou art Thou hast thou love Thou mayst Thou mightst thou shalt tion tive mood verb active verb neuter vice virtue voice vowel wise word wouldst Write the following
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Page 15 - Gender. GENDER is the distinction of nouns, with regard to sex. There are three genders, the MASCULINE, the FEMININE, and the NEUTER. The Masculine Gender denotes animals of the male kind : as, a man, a horse, a bull.
Page 21 - A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word ; as, the man is happy, he is benevolent, he is useful.
Page 55 - For when a man declares in autumn, when he is eating them, or in spring, when there are none, that he loves grapes...
Page 13 - A Conjunction is a part of speech that is chiefly used to connect sentences; so as, out of two or more sentences, to make but one; it sometimes connects only words; as, " Thou and he are happy, because you are good.
Page 73 - PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses which the sense, and an accurate pronunciation require.
Page 13 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Page 67 - If there be but one body of legislators, it is no better than a tyranny ; if there are only two, there will want a casting voice...
Page 9 - ENGLISH GRAMMAR. ENGLISH GRAMMAR is the art of speaking and writing the English Language with propriety.
Page 37 - FUTURE TENSE. SINGULAR. PLURAL. 1. I shall or will love. 1. We shall or will love. 2. Thou shalt or wilt love. 2.
Page 78 - The propriety of using a colon, or semicolon, is sometimes determined by a conjunction's being expressed, or not expressed : as, " Do not flatter yourselves with the hope of perfect happiness : there is no such thing in the world.