Abridgment of Murray's English Grammar: With an Appendix, Containing Exercises in Orthography, in Parsing, in Syntax, and in Punctuation |
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... phrases should , without requiring much ttention and explanation , be intelligible to young ersons ; but it will scarcely be controverted , that et is better to lead them forward , and improve their anguage , by proper examples , than ...
... phrases should , without requiring much ttention and explanation , be intelligible to young ersons ; but it will scarcely be controverted , that et is better to lead them forward , and improve their anguage , by proper examples , than ...
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... phrase " He reads correctly , " the answer to the question , How does he read ? is , correctly . 7. Prepositions serve to connect words with one another , and to show the relation between them ; as , " He went from London to York ...
... phrase " He reads correctly , " the answer to the question , How does he read ? is , correctly . 7. Prepositions serve to connect words with one another , and to show the relation between them ; as , " He went from London to York ...
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... phrase going before , which is thence called the antecedent : they are who , which , and that ; as , " The man is happy who lives virtu- uously . " * What is a kind of compound relative , including both the antecedent and the relative ...
... phrase going before , which is thence called the antecedent : they are who , which , and that ; as , " The man is happy who lives virtu- uously . " * What is a kind of compound relative , including both the antecedent and the relative ...
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... Phrases which do the office of adverbs , are termed adverbial phrases ; as , " in the best man- ner possible , in fine , in general , in vain , at most , at least , " & c . Adverbs may be reduced to classes Of number ; as , 66 Once ...
... Phrases which do the office of adverbs , are termed adverbial phrases ; as , " in the best man- ner possible , in fine , in general , in vain , at most , at least , " & c . Adverbs may be reduced to classes Of number ; as , 66 Once ...
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... phrase is two or more words rightly put to- gether , making sometimes part of a sentence , and sometimes a whole sentence . The principal parts of a simple sentence are , the subject , the attribute , and the object . The subject is the ...
... phrase is two or more words rightly put to- gether , making sometimes part of a sentence , and sometimes a whole sentence . The principal parts of a simple sentence are , the subject , the attribute , and the object . The subject is the ...
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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.