Abridgment of Murray's English Grammar: With an Appendix, Containing Exercises in Orthography, in Parsing, in Syntax, and in Punctuation |
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... respects , received considerable im- provements . The Grammar and Exercises in two volumes octavo , may be consulted with still greater advantage . Holdgate , near York , 1803 . Advertisement TO THE BOSTON SECOND STEREOTYPE EDITION ...
... respects , received considerable im- provements . The Grammar and Exercises in two volumes octavo , may be consulted with still greater advantage . Holdgate , near York , 1803 . Advertisement TO THE BOSTON SECOND STEREOTYPE EDITION ...
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... respecting it ; as , he reads well ; a truly good man ; he writes very . correctly . An adverb may be generally known , by its answering to the question , How ? How much ? When ? or Where ? as , in the phrase " He reads correctly ...
... respecting it ; as , he reads well ; a truly good man ; he writes very . correctly . An adverb may be generally known , by its answering to the question , How ? How much ? When ? or Where ? as , in the phrase " He reads correctly ...
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... respects , determinate or indeter- minate ; as , * " Solomon built a temple in Jerusa- lem . " " The Lord God planted a ... respect to number , it is the most definite word im aginable ; as , an ounce , a church , a ship , that is , one ...
... respects , determinate or indeter- minate ; as , * " Solomon built a temple in Jerusa- lem . " " The Lord God planted a ... respect to number , it is the most definite word im aginable ; as , an ounce , a church , a ship , that is , one ...
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... . For further directions , respecting the mode of using the Exercises , see English Exercises , " " Boston Improved Stereotype Edition , " page , 7 ... 9 . 46 Some substantives naturally neuter , are , by a Fig- ETYMOLOGY . 15.
... . For further directions , respecting the mode of using the Exercises , see English Exercises , " " Boston Improved Stereotype Edition , " page , 7 ... 9 . 46 Some substantives naturally neuter , are , by a Fig- ETYMOLOGY . 15.
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... respect to number : Plural . Singular . Plural . Singular . Cherub . Cherubim . Datum . Data . Seraph . Seraphim . Effluvium . Effluvia . Antithesis . Antitheses . Encomia or Encomium . Automaton . Automata . Encomiums . Basis . Bases ...
... respect to number : Plural . Singular . Plural . Singular . Cherub . Cherubim . Datum . Data . Seraph . Seraphim . Effluvium . Effluvia . Antithesis . Antitheses . Encomia or Encomium . Automaton . Automata . Encomiums . Basis . Bases ...
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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.