Abridgment of Murray's English Grammar: With an Appendix, Containing Exercises in Orthography, in Parsing, in Syntax, and in Punctuation |
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... substantive or noun is the name of a thing that exists , or of which we have any notic as , London , man , virtue . A substantive may , in general , be distinguished by its tal an article before it , or by its making sense of itself ...
... substantive or noun is the name of a thing that exists , or of which we have any notic as , London , man , virtue . A substantive may , in general , be distinguished by its tal an article before it , or by its making sense of itself ...
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... substantive , without any article to limit it , is generally taken in its widest sense ; as , A candid temper is proper for man ; " that is , for all mankind . SUBSTANTIVE . A Substantive or noun is the name of any thing that exists ...
... substantive , without any article to limit it , is generally taken in its widest sense ; as , A candid temper is proper for man ; " that is , for all mankind . SUBSTANTIVE . A Substantive or noun is the name of any thing that exists ...
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... substantive , he should be employed in pars- ing these parts of speech , as they are arranged in the corres- pondent Exercises , in the Appendix . The learner should proceed in this manner , through all the definitions and rules ...
... substantive , he should be employed in pars- ing these parts of speech , as they are arranged in the corres- pondent Exercises , in the Appendix . The learner should proceed in this manner , through all the definitions and rules ...
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... substantive ; as , A cock - sparrow . A man - servant . A he - goat A hen - sparrow . A he - bear . A male child . A maid - servant . A she - goat . A she - bear . A female child . Female descendants . Male descendants . NUMBER . x ...
... substantive ; as , A cock - sparrow . A man - servant . A he - goat A hen - sparrow . A he - bear . A male child . A maid - servant . A she - goat . A she - bear . A female child . Female descendants . Male descendants . NUMBER . x ...
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... substantive , to express its quality ; as , " An industrious man ; " " A virtuous woman ; ' " " A benevolent mind . " In English the adjective is not varied on account of gender , number , or case . Thus we say , a care- less boy ...
... substantive , to express its quality ; as , " An industrious man ; " " A virtuous woman ; ' " " A benevolent mind . " In English the adjective is not varied on account of gender , number , or case . Thus we say , a care- less boy ...
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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.