Abridgment of Murray's English Grammar: With an Appendix, Containing Exercises in Orthography, in Parsing, in Syntax, and in Punctuation |
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... Appendages , and Notes , in this Grammar , are numbered to correspond to the English Teacher , and the " Boston Stereotype Edition of Murray's Exercises " prepared by the EDITOR . ENGLISH GRAMMAR is the art of speaking and writing the.
... Appendages , and Notes , in this Grammar , are numbered to correspond to the English Teacher , and the " Boston Stereotype Edition of Murray's Exercises " prepared by the EDITOR . ENGLISH GRAMMAR is the art of speaking and writing the.
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... speaking and writing the English language with propriety . It is divided into four parts , viz . OrthogrAPHY , ETYMOLOGY , SYNTAX , and PROSODY . ORTHOGRAPHY . LETTERS Orthography teaches the nature and powers of letters , and the just ...
... speaking and writing the English language with propriety . It is divided into four parts , viz . OrthogrAPHY , ETYMOLOGY , SYNTAX , and PROSODY . ORTHOGRAPHY . LETTERS Orthography teaches the nature and powers of letters , and the just ...
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... speak , to be feared . " The Participle is a certain form of the verb , and derives its name from its paticipating , not only the properties of a verb , but also those of an adjective ; as , " I am desirous of knowing him ; " " Admired ...
... speak , to be feared . " The Participle is a certain form of the verb , and derives its name from its paticipating , not only the properties of a verb , but also those of an adjective ; as , " I am desirous of knowing him ; " " Admired ...
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... speak of the present century , we say , " Philosophers have made great discover- ies in the present century ; " but if we speak of the last century , we say , " Philosophers madegreat discoveries in the last century . ' The Pluperfect ...
... speak of the present century , we say , " Philosophers have made great discover- ies in the present century ; " but if we speak of the last century , we say , " Philosophers madegreat discoveries in the last century . ' The Pluperfect ...
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... speak to them ; " " If he should , or would come to - mor- row , I might , would , could , or should speak to him . " Observe also , that the auxiliaries should and would , in the imperfect times , are used to express the present and ...
... speak to them ; " " If he should , or would come to - mor- row , I might , would , could , or should speak to him . " Observe also , that the auxiliaries should and would , in the imperfect times , are used to express the present and ...
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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.