English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners : with an Appendix Containing Rules and Observations for Assisting the More Advanced Students to Write with Perspicuity and Accuracy ... |
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... preceding representation , it appears to be a point of considerable importance , that every learner of the English language should be taught to pronounce per- fectly , and with facility , every original simple sound that belongs to it ...
... preceding representation , it appears to be a point of considerable importance , that every learner of the English language should be taught to pronounce per- fectly , and with facility , every original simple sound that belongs to it ...
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... preceding vowel ; as , can , cane ; pin , pine ; rob , robe . The diphthong ea is generally sounded like e long ; as in appear , beaver , creature , & c . It has also the sound of short e ; as in breath , meadow , treasure . And it is ...
... preceding vowel ; as , can , cane ; pin , pine ; rob , robe . The diphthong ea is generally sounded like e long ; as in appear , beaver , creature , & c . It has also the sound of short e ; as in breath , meadow , treasure . And it is ...
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... preceding vowel a long sound ; as in resign , impugn , oppúgn , impregn , impugned ; pronounced impune , im- prene , & c . Gh , at the beginning of a word , has the sound of the hard g ; as , ghost , ghastly in the middle , and some ...
... preceding vowel a long sound ; as in resign , impugn , oppúgn , impregn , impugned ; pronounced impune , im- prene , & c . Gh , at the beginning of a word , has the sound of the hard g ; as , ghost , ghastly in the middle , and some ...
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... preceding part of his work . Some writers think that these subjects do not properly consti- tute any part of grammar ; and consider them as the exclusive province of the spelling - book ; but if we re- flect , that letters and their ...
... preceding part of his work . Some writers think that these subjects do not properly consti- tute any part of grammar ; and consider them as the exclusive province of the spelling - book ; but if we re- flect , that letters and their ...
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... preceding syllable , the consonant remains single : as , to toil , toiling ; to offer , an offering ; maid , maiden , & c . RULE VI . › Words ending with any double letter but 4 , and taking ness , less , ly , or ful , after them ...
... preceding syllable , the consonant remains single : as , to toil , toiling ; to offer , an offering ; maid , maiden , & c . RULE VI . › Words ending with any double letter but 4 , and taking ness , less , ly , or ful , after them ...
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accent according to RULE active verb adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeable appears auxiliary better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction copulative denote derived diphthong distinct ellipsis English language examples expressed following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive governed Grammar grammarians hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative kind king learner LINDLEY MURRAY Lord loved manner means mind names nature nominative noun object observations participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuity Pluperfect Tense plural number Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety regular verb relative pronoun render Repeat respect SECT sense sentiments short signifies simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable syntax tence tenfes termination thing third person singular thou tion tive Trochee verb active verb neuter verse virtue voice vowel writing
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Page 317 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Page 307 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 245 - I thither went With unexperienced thought and laid me down On the green bank to look into the clear Smooth lake that to me seemed another sky.
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