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... SAMUEL KIRKHAM . Stereotyped by Wm . Hagar & Co. , New - York . TWENTY - SEVENTH EDITION , ENLARGED AND IMPROVED . ROCHESTER , N. Y .: MARSHALL & DEAN . 14 | Nouns 52 Orthography 64 Parsing 125 Participles 143 1833 . ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
... SAMUEL KIRKHAM . Stereotyped by Wm . Hagar & Co. , New - York . TWENTY - SEVENTH EDITION , ENLARGED AND IMPROVED . ROCHESTER , N. Y .: MARSHALL & DEAN . 14 | Nouns 52 Orthography 64 Parsing 125 Participles 143 1833 . ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
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... Participles 143 , 155 Active - transitive 134 Versification 141❘ Worth 135 , 145 , 155 What , which , who There appears to be something assuming in the act of. PAGE . PAGE . Address to the learner 30 A , an , one 65 , 124 Gender of 34 ...
... Participles 143 , 155 Active - transitive 134 Versification 141❘ Worth 135 , 145 , 155 What , which , who There appears to be something assuming in the act of. PAGE . PAGE . Address to the learner 30 A , an , one 65 , 124 Gender of 34 ...
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... participles , compara- tives , and superlatives , by changing y into 1 , when the y is pre- ceded by a consonani : as ... participle in ing , retains the y that i may not be doubled ; as , carry , carrying . But when y is preceded by a ...
... participles , compara- tives , and superlatives , by changing y into 1 , when the y is pre- ceded by a consonani : as ... participle in ing , retains the y that i may not be doubled ; as , carry , carrying . But when y is preceded by a ...
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... PARTICIPLE , ADVERB , PRE- POSITION , PRONOUN , CONJUNCTION , and INTER- JECTION . Thus you perceive , that all the words in the English lan- guage are included in these ten classes : and what you have to do in acquiring a knowledge of ...
... PARTICIPLE , ADVERB , PRE- POSITION , PRONOUN , CONJUNCTION , and INTER- JECTION . Thus you perceive , that all the words in the English lan- guage are included in these ten classes : and what you have to do in acquiring a knowledge of ...
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... grass . Pronouns are a class of nouns , used instead of others to prevent their dis agreeable repetition . Participles are certain forms of the verb . Articler following , some philologists suppose the noun to be in NOUNS . PERSON . 37.
... grass . Pronouns are a class of nouns , used instead of others to prevent their dis agreeable repetition . Participles are certain forms of the verb . Articler following , some philologists suppose the noun to be in NOUNS . PERSON . 37.
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according to RULE action active verb active-transitive verb adjective pronoun adverbs agree agreeably to RULE antecedent apple belong comma compound conjugation conjunction connected construction correct DEFECTIVE VERBS denotes derived diphthong employed English English language examples EXERCISES IN PARSING express FALSE SYNTAX gender give governed imperative imperative mood imperfect tense implies indicative mood infinitive mood Kirkham language learner lecture letter loved manner meaning mind moods and tenses neuter verb nominative noun or pronoun objective order of parsing passive verb perceive perf perfect participle personal pronouns PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES phrase Pluperfect Tense Plur poss possessive potential mood preposition Pres present tense principles pron relative pronoun second person sense sentence signifies Sing singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable SYSTEMATICK ORDER tence termination thing third person thou tion tive transitive verb understood virtue vowel walk words write
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