The Principles of Language: Containing a Full Grammatical Analysis of English Poetry, Confirmed by Syllogistic Reasoning and Logical Induction : with Corrections in Syntax and Copious Examples in Prosody |
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... minor , next ; and the conclusion , last ; as , Major . - The name of any thing is a noun ; Minor . The word pen is the name of a thing ; Conclusion . - Therefore , pen , is a noun . " " The truth , proved by the preceding example , is ...
... minor , next ; and the conclusion , last ; as , Major . - The name of any thing is a noun ; Minor . The word pen is the name of a thing ; Conclusion . - Therefore , pen , is a noun . " " The truth , proved by the preceding example , is ...
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... minor , and conclusion ; and may be resolved into one by observing the following RULE : 1. For the major term take the definition . 2. For the minor take the word under consideration . 3. The conclusion will be , that the major and minor ...
... minor , and conclusion ; and may be resolved into one by observing the following RULE : 1. For the major term take the definition . 2. For the minor take the word under consideration . 3. The conclusion will be , that the major and minor ...
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... present , ( i . e . existed jointly , ) and wit- nessed ( i . e . performed a joint action ) the will . There are also many other ways in which the noun has Minor . O , is a word thrown into the 18 THEORY OF LANGUAGE .
... present , ( i . e . existed jointly , ) and wit- nessed ( i . e . performed a joint action ) the will . There are also many other ways in which the noun has Minor . O , is a word thrown into the 18 THEORY OF LANGUAGE .
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... Minor . O , is a word thrown into the sentence for that purpose . Conclusion . - Therefore , this word is an interjection . NOMINATIVE INDEPENDENT . " In action prompt , in sentence brief : ' Soldiers stand firm , ' exclaimed the chief ...
... Minor . O , is a word thrown into the sentence for that purpose . Conclusion . - Therefore , this word is an interjection . NOMINATIVE INDEPENDENT . " In action prompt , in sentence brief : ' Soldiers stand firm , ' exclaimed the chief ...
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... ; but in the sentence , the ship sailed on the ocean in darkness , on is a preposition , and governs ocean , show- ing a relation between sailed and ocean . Minor . The verb comes denotes the existence of judg- 20 THEORY OF LANGUAGE .
... ; but in the sentence , the ship sailed on the ocean in darkness , on is a preposition , and governs ocean , show- ing a relation between sailed and ocean . Minor . The verb comes denotes the existence of judg- 20 THEORY OF LANGUAGE .
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a8 ncn3s action active verb adjective pronoun adv adv adv vir adverb agree cn3s conjugation conjunction denotes English English language EXERCISES.-1 expressed gender govern an object Grammar Imperative mood imperfect imperfect tense ind ap ind pr indicative mood infinitive mood interjection language manner correct Minor moods and tenses nc f3 ncf3s ncm3s ncn 3 plu ncn3s prep ncn3s vir ncn3s vra neuter verb nominative NOTE noun or pronoun npm3s pap a8 pap ncn3s parsed participle perfect plu adv plu prep pot pr POTENTIAL MOOD pr 3 plu prep art ncn prep ncn prep ncn3s 17 preposition present tense progressive form relative pronoun rule sentence singular number student subjunctive mood Syntax thě thing third person Thou vir a tr vir a trind vir n ind vra tr vra trimp vra trind pr vrnind pr word write
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Page 62 - Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith ; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth and length and depth and height ; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Page 22 - ENGLISH GRAMMAR. ENGLISH GRAMMAR is the art of speaking and writing the English language with propriety.
Page 81 - Pay, Put, Read, Rend, Rid, Ride, Ring, Rise, Rive, Run, Saw, Say, See, Seek, Sell, Send, Set, Shake, Shape, Shave, Shear, Shed, Shine, Show, Shoe, Shoot, Shrink, Shred, Shut, Sing, Sink, Sit, Slay, Sleep, Imperfect.
Page 79 - Bear, to carry, . Beat, Begin, Bend, Bereave, Beseech, Bid, Bind. Bite, Bleed, Blow, Break, Breed, Bring, Build, Burst, Buy, Cast, Catch, Chide, Choose, Cleave, to stick or ) adhere; J Cleave, to split.
Page 82 - Spit, Split, Spread, Spring, Stand, Steal, Stick, Sting, Stink, Stride, Strike, String, Strive, Strow, or strew, Swear, Sweat, Swell, Swim, Swing, Take, Teach, Tear, Tell, Think, Thrive, Throw, Thrust, Tread, Wax, Wear, Weave, Weep, Win, Wind, Work, Wring, Write, Imperfect.
Page 112 - All feet used in poetry consist either of two, or of three syllables, and are reducible to eight kinds — four of two syllables, and four of three — as follows : DISSYLLABLE.
Page 81 - Lay Loaded Lost Made Met Mowed Paid Put Read Rent Rid Rode Rung, Rang Rose Rived Ran Sawed Said Saw Sought Sold Sent Set Shook Shaped Shaved Sheared Shed Shone, R. Showed Shod Shot Shrunk, Shrank Shut Sung, Sang Sunk, Sank Sat Perfect Part. Led Left Lent Let Lain Laden, R.
Page 71 - The Pluperfect Tense represents a thing* not only as past, but also as prior to some other point of time specified in the sentence ; as, " I had finished my letter before he arrived.
Page 104 - By greatness, I do not only mean the bulk of any single object, but the largeness of a whole view, considered as one entire piece.
Page 54 - Each relates to two or more persons or things, and signifies either of the two, or every one of any number, taken separately. Every relates to several persons or things, and signifies each one of them all, taken separately. This pronoun was formerly used apart from its noun, but it is now constantly annexed to it, except in legal proceedings; as in the phrase, " all and every of them," Either relates to two persons or things, taken separately, and signifies the one or the other.