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... syllable : how , then , are the com parative and superlative degrees of words of this sort formed 110. By adding or ... syllables compose the word beautiful ? 112. Three . Q. How , then , are words of three , or more syllables than one ...
... syllable : how , then , are the com parative and superlative degrees of words of this sort formed 110. By adding or ... syllables compose the word beautiful ? 112. Three . Q. How , then , are words of three , or more syllables than one ...
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... syllable , as soon above ; but there is a very considerable number , the comparison of which is not regulated by any general rule . The following list embraces adverbs va- riously compared will you repeat the comparative and superlative ...
... syllable , as soon above ; but there is a very considerable number , the comparison of which is not regulated by any general rule . The following list embraces adverbs va- riously compared will you repeat the comparative and superlative ...
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... syllable ; as , " an heroic action , " " an historical account . " 356. Before words beginning with u long , a is used instead of an ; as , " a union , " " a university , " " a useful thing . " " l 27 66 α 357. A is also used for an ...
... syllable ; as , " an heroic action , " " an historical account . " 356. Before words beginning with u long , a is used instead of an ; as , " a union , " " a university , " " a useful thing . " " l 27 66 α 357. A is also used for an ...
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... syllable , the comparison is usually made by placing the adverbs more and most before the positive ; as , benevolent , more benevolent , most benevolent . 371. The comparison is sometimes formed by the adverbs less and least ; as , wise ...
... syllable , the comparison is usually made by placing the adverbs more and most before the positive ; as , benevolent , more benevolent , most benevolent . 371. The comparison is sometimes formed by the adverbs less and least ; as , wise ...
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... syllables hardly ever admit of these terminations . 373. In some words , the superlative is formed by adding the adverb most to the end of them ; as , nethermost , uttermost , uppermost . 374. Some adjectives , having in themselves a ...
... syllables hardly ever admit of these terminations . 373. In some words , the superlative is formed by adding the adverb most to the end of them ; as , nethermost , uttermost , uppermost . 374. Some adjectives , having in themselves a ...
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according to RULE active verb active-transitive verb adjective pronoun adverb agrees applied auxiliaries auxiliary verbs better called comma common noun compound conjugate conjunction connected Corresponding with Murray's DEFECTIVE VERBS definite article denote ellipsis EXERCISES IN PARSING EXERCISES IN SYNTAX following sentences future tense genitive Give an example governed happy imperative mood imperfect tense implies indicative mood infinitive mood interjection intransitive James John king loved manner means Murray's Grammar neuter verb nominative Note number and person objective PARSED AND CORRECTED passive verb Perf perfect participle personal pronoun phrase pluperfect PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive potential mood preposition Pres present tense relative pronoun repeat RULE VI RULE VII Rule XV second future second person sense signifies sing singular number sometimes subjunctive mood substantive superlative syllable SYNTAX CONTINUED tence thing Thou art tion tive transitive verbs virtue vowel William wise word wouldst write written
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Page 116 - The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er...
Page 192 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
Page 146 - Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him four-fold. 9 And Jesus said unto him. This day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
Page 185 - Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house : and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9 O shut not up my soul with the sinners : nor my life with the blood-thirsty; 10 In whose hands is wickedness : and their right hand is full of gifts.
Page 158 - God by faith: that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Page 188 - PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses, which the sense and an accurate pronunciation require. The Comma represents the shortest pause ; the Semicolon, a pause double that of the comma ; the Colon, double that of the semicolon ; and the Period, double that of the colon.
Page 156 - O LORD, our heavenly ,Father, Almighty > and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day ; De(fend us in the same with thy mighty power ; and grant » that this day we fall into no ,sin, neither run into ,any kind of danger ; but » that all our doings may be ordered by ,thy governance, to do always » that > is ,righteous in thy sight ; through Jesus ,Christ > our Lord.
Page 191 - SEMICOLON. The semicolon is used for dividing a compound sentence into two or more parts, not so closely connected as those which are separated by a comma, nor yet so little dependent on each other, as those which are distinguished by a colon.
Page 184 - ... and industry. He will often argue, that if this part of our trade were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation ; and if another, from another. I have heard him prove, that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valour, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword.
Page 102 - Him destroy'd, Or won to what may work his utter loss, All this will soon follow. -Whose gray top Shall tremble, him descending. RULE II. Two or more nouns, fyc. in the singular number, joined together by a copulative conjunction, expressed or understood, must have verbs, nouns, and pronouns, agreeing with them in the plural number...