English Grammar in Familiar Lectures: Embracing a New Systematic Order of Parsing, a New System of Punctuation, Exercises in False Syntax, and a System of Philosophical Grammar to which are Added, A Compendium, an Appendix, and a Key to the Exercises: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners |
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... phrases , than is ordinarily ob- tained in common schools and academies , in five times four months . It is highly gratifying to know , that wherever this system has been circulated , it is very rapidly supplanting those works of ...
... phrases , than is ordinarily ob- tained in common schools and academies , in five times four months . It is highly gratifying to know , that wherever this system has been circulated , it is very rapidly supplanting those works of ...
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... phrase , established practice , is implied reputable , na- tional , and present usage . A usage becomes good and legal , when it has been long and generally adopted . The best speakers and writers , or such as may be considerea good ...
... phrase , established practice , is implied reputable , na- tional , and present usage . A usage becomes good and legal , when it has been long and generally adopted . The best speakers and writers , or such as may be considerea good ...
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... phrase , it signifies neither animal nor creature ; but it denotes merely an action ; therefore this action is the thing . NOTES ON PHILOSOPHICAL GRAMMAR . Perhaps no subject has , in this age , elicited more patient research , and ...
... phrase , it signifies neither animal nor creature ; but it denotes merely an action ; therefore this action is the thing . NOTES ON PHILOSOPHICAL GRAMMAR . Perhaps no subject has , in this age , elicited more patient research , and ...
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... phrases , " philosophy , reason , and common sense , " attempt to overthrow the wisdom of former ages , and show that the result of all the labours of those distinguished philologists who had previously occupied the field of grammatical ...
... phrases , " philosophy , reason , and common sense , " attempt to overthrow the wisdom of former ages , and show that the result of all the labours of those distinguished philologists who had previously occupied the field of grammatical ...
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... something , any verb which adopts it , must be ac- tive . Thus , in the common place phrases , " Be there quickly ; Stand out my way ; Sit or lie farther . " but the noun is generally plural when it ends in VERBS.NUMBER AND PERSON . 46.
... something , any verb which adopts it , must be ac- tive . Thus , in the common place phrases , " Be there quickly ; Stand out my way ; Sit or lie farther . " but the noun is generally plural when it ends in VERBS.NUMBER AND PERSON . 46.
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according to RULE action active verb active-transitive verb adjective pronoun adverbs 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 improve indicative mood infinitive mood 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 plural number 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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