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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... improper to say , an walnut , an yard , & c .; and from their following a vowel without any hiatus or difficulty of utterance ; as , frosty winter , rosy youth . That they are vowels in other situations , appears from their regularly ...
... improper to say , an walnut , an yard , & c .; and from their following a vowel without any hiatus or difficulty of utterance ; as , frosty winter , rosy youth . That they are vowels in other situations , appears from their regularly ...
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... improper diphthong has but one of the vowels Sounded ; as , ea in eagle , oa in boat . Each of the diphthongal letters was , doubtless , originally heard in pronouncing the words which contain them . Though this is not the case at ...
... improper diphthong has but one of the vowels Sounded ; as , ea in eagle , oa in boat . Each of the diphthongal letters was , doubtless , originally heard in pronouncing the words which contain them . Though this is not the case at ...
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... the COMPARATIVE , and the SUPER- LATIVE . Grammarians have generally enumerated these three de- grees of comparison ; but the first of them has been thought by some writers , to be , improperly , termed 4b 40 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... the COMPARATIVE , and the SUPER- LATIVE . Grammarians have generally enumerated these three de- grees of comparison ; but the first of them has been thought by some writers , to be , improperly , termed 4b 40 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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... improperly , termed a degree of com- parison ; as it seems to be nothing more than the simple form of the adjective , and not to imply either comparison or degree . This opinion may be well founded , unless the adjective be supposed to ...
... improperly , termed a degree of com- parison ; as it seems to be nothing more than the simple form of the adjective , and not to imply either comparison or degree . This opinion may be well founded , unless the adjective be supposed to ...
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... improper . Neither imports " not either ; " that is , not one nor the oth- er : as , " Neither of my friends was there . " 3. The demonstrative are those which precisely point out the subjects to which they relate this and that , these ...
... improper . Neither imports " not either ; " that is , not one nor the oth- er : as , " Neither of my friends was there . " 3. The demonstrative are those which precisely point out the subjects to which they relate this and that , these ...
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accent according to RULE active verb adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeably Amphibrach appear auxiliary better cæsura circumstances comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction copulative denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished ellipsis emphasis English language expression following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive give grammarians hath ideas imperative mood imperfect tense improper improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb neuter kind king learner Lord loved manner means mind nature nominative noun object observations occasions Octavo Grammar participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrase Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative pronoun render Repeat respect sense sentiments short signified simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech Spondee subjunctive mood tence termination thing third person singular thou tion tive Trochaic Trochee verse virtue voice vowel wise words writing
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Page 243 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
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Page 192 - When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky; Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves, When through the clouds...