English Grammar in Familiar Lectures: Accompanied by a Compendium : Embracing a New Systematic Order of Parsing, a New System of Punctuation, Exercises in False Syntax, and a System of Philosophical Grammar in Notes : to which are Added an Appendix, and a Key to the Exercises : Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners |
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Page 70
... adjectives , because they tell what kind of a man he is of whom I am speaking , or they attribute to him some par- ticular property . Some adjectives restrict or limit the signification of the nouns to which they are joined , and are ...
... adjectives , because they tell what kind of a man he is of whom I am speaking , or they attribute to him some par- ticular property . Some adjectives restrict or limit the signification of the nouns to which they are joined , and are ...
Page 105
... ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS . ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS , PRONOMINAL ADJECtives , or , more properly , SPECIFYING ADJECTIVES , are a kind of adjectives which point out nouns by some distinct specification . Pronouns and adjectives are totally distinct ...
... ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS . ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS , PRONOMINAL ADJECtives , or , more properly , SPECIFYING ADJECTIVES , are a kind of adjectives which point out nouns by some distinct specification . Pronouns and adjectives are totally distinct ...
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... adjectives , and sometimes from adverbs ; as , from the noun salt , comes " to salt ; " from the adjective warm ... Adjectives are derived from nouns in the following manner : adjectives denoting plenty are derived from nouns by adding y ...
... adjectives , and sometimes from adverbs ; as , from the noun salt , comes " to salt ; " from the adjective warm ... Adjectives are derived from nouns in the following manner : adjectives denoting plenty are derived from nouns by adding y ...
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according to RULE action active verb active-transitive verb adjective pronoun adverbs agreeably to RULE antecedent apple auxiliary verbs belong comma compound conjugation conjunction connected construction correct DEFECTIVE VERBS denotes derived diphthong employed English language examples EXERCISES IN PARSING express FALSE SYNTAX gender give governed horse imperative imperative mood imperfect tense implies indicative mood infinitive mood interjection Kirkham language learner lecture letter loved manner meaning mind moods and tenses neuter verb nominative noun or pronoun object order of parsing passive verb perceive perf perfect participle personal pronouns PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES phrase Pluperfect Tense Plur poss possessive potential mood preposition Pres present tense principles pron relative pronoun second person sense sentence signifies Sing singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable SYSTEMATIC ORDER termination thing third person thou tion tive transitive verb understood virtue vowel walk words write