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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... used to connect or join together sentences ; fo as , out of two , to make one fentence . It fome- times connects only words ; as , “ Thou and he are happy , because you are good . " 9. Interjections are words ufed to exprefs the ...
... used to connect or join together sentences ; fo as , out of two , to make one fentence . It fome- times connects only words ; as , “ Thou and he are happy , because you are good . " 9. Interjections are words ufed to exprefs the ...
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... used only in the fingular ; as , wheat , pitch , gold , floth , pride , & c .; and others only in the plural ; as , bellows , fciffars , lungs , riches , & c . Some words are the fame in both numbers ; as 8 ENGLISH CRAMMAR .
... used only in the fingular ; as , wheat , pitch , gold , floth , pride , & c .; and others only in the plural ; as , bellows , fciffars , lungs , riches , & c . Some words are the fame in both numbers ; as 8 ENGLISH CRAMMAR .
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... used instead of a noun , to avoid the too frequent repetition of the fame word ; as , " The man is happy , " " he is benev- olent , " " he is useful . " There are three kinds of pronouns , viz . the Perfonal , the Relative , and the ...
... used instead of a noun , to avoid the too frequent repetition of the fame word ; as , " The man is happy , " " he is benev- olent , " " he is useful . " There are three kinds of pronouns , viz . the Perfonal , the Relative , and the ...
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... used as relative to prevent the too frequent repetition of who and which . It is applied to both perfons and things ; as , " He that acts wifely deferves praise ; " " Mod- efty is a quality that highly adorns a woman . " Who is of both ...
... used as relative to prevent the too frequent repetition of who and which . It is applied to both perfons and things ; as , " He that acts wifely deferves praise ; " " Mod- efty is a quality that highly adorns a woman . " Who is of both ...
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... used in afking queftions ; as , " Who is he ? " " Which is the book ? " " What art thou doing ? " ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS . Adjective Pronouns are of a mixed nature , participating the properties both of the pronoun and the adjective . The ...
... used in afking queftions ; as , " Who is he ? " " Which is the book ? " " What art thou doing ? " ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS . Adjective Pronouns are of a mixed nature , participating the properties both of the pronoun and the adjective . The ...
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.