An Abridgment of L. Murray's English Grammar: With Alterations and Improvements : Designed for the Use of the Younger Class of Learners |
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... should be , “ A more Terene temper . " 5th . Adjectives , having in themselves a fuperlative fig- nification , do not admit of comparifon ; as , " Chief , extreme perfect , right , univerfäl , fupreme . " 66 8th . The adjective is ...
... should be , “ A more Terene temper . " 5th . Adjectives , having in themselves a fuperlative fig- nification , do not admit of comparifon ; as , " Chief , extreme perfect , right , univerfäl , fupreme . " 66 8th . The adjective is ...
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... should fay , " The Lord gave , " & c . RULE XIV . Participles have the fame government and agreement as the verbs have from which they are derived ; as , " She is inftructing us ; " " He was admonishing them . " When a participle is ...
... should fay , " The Lord gave , " & c . RULE XIV . Participles have the fame government and agreement as the verbs have from which they are derived ; as , " She is inftructing us ; " " He was admonishing them . " When a participle is ...
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... more beloved , but not fo much admired , as Cinthio . " More requires than after it . It should be , " He was more beloved than Cinthio , but not so much admired . ” E RULE XXIII . Nouns implying time and distance are often SYNTAX . 49.
... more beloved , but not fo much admired , as Cinthio . " More requires than after it . It should be , " He was more beloved than Cinthio , but not so much admired . ” E RULE XXIII . Nouns implying time and distance are often SYNTAX . 49.
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... should be changed as little as poffible . We fhould not be hurried by fudden tranfitions from perfon to perfon , nor from fubject to fubject . The following fentence varies from this rule : " After we came to anchor , they put me on ...
... should be changed as little as poffible . We fhould not be hurried by fudden tranfitions from perfon to perfon , nor from fubject to fubject . The following fentence varies from this rule : " After we came to anchor , they put me on ...
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... should , generally , be the concluding one . The fifth rule is , to avoid concluding our fentences with an adverb , a prepofition , or any inconfiderable word . The fixth rule is , to attend to the harmony and easy flow of the words and ...
... should , generally , be the concluding one . The fifth rule is , to avoid concluding our fentences with an adverb , a prepofition , or any inconfiderable word . The fixth rule is , to attend to the harmony and easy flow of the words and ...
Common terms and phrases
adjective adjuncts adverb alſo becauſe caufe colon comma compariſon COMPOUND PERFECT confifts confonant conjunction connected DEFECTIVE VERBS defire diphthong diſtinguiſhed Engliſh expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond feen femicolon fenfe feparated fhalt fhort fhould have loved fhould love fhouldft fign fignifies fimple fentence fingle finite verb fome fometimes fpeech ftudy fubftantive fubject fuch fuperlative fyllable gender houfe Imperative Mode IMPERFECT SINGULAR Indicative Mode Infinitive Mode inftances itfelf lefs LESSON Metonymy moft moſt muft muſt nominative cafe nouns nouns and pronouns objective cafe paffion Perf perfect participle PERFECT TENSE Perfonal pronouns phraſe PLUPERFECT SINGULAR PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number pofitive Potential Mode preffed prepofition PRESENT TENSE refpect REGULAR VERB relative pronoun repreſents requifite RULE SECOND FUTURE TENSE ſhall shalt or wilt Subjunctive Synecdoche tenfe tenſe thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe Thou art Thou mayft Thou mightft Thou shalt ufed uſed verb virtue vowel wife words and phrafes wouldft
Popular passages
Page 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 57 - Were all books reduced thus to their quintessence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper : there would be scarce such a thing in nature as a folio : the works of an age would be contained on a few shelves ; not to mention millions of volumes that would be utterly annihilated.
Page 43 - When a nominative comes between the relative and the verb, the relative is governed by some word in its own member of the sentence : as, " He who preserves me, to whom I owe my being, whose I am, and whom I serve, is eternal.
Page 31 - They might have been loved. SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD. Present Tense. Singular. Plural. 1. If I be loved, 1. If we be loved, 2. If thou be loved, 2. If you be loved, 3. If he be loved; 3. If they be loved.
Page 12 - What, is a kind of compound relative, including both the antecedent and the relative, and is equivalent to that which; as "This is what I wanted ;" that is to say,
Page 46 - By the thirteenth rule of syntax, when verbs are used that, in point of time, relate to each other, the order of time should be observed. The imperfect tense visited should, therefore, have been had visited, in the pluperfect tense, representing the.