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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... plural substantives , yet admit of the singular article a ; as , a few men ; a great many men . The reason of it is manifest , from the effect which the article has in these phrases ; it means a small or great number collectively taken ...
... plural substantives , yet admit of the singular article a ; as , a few men ; a great many men . The reason of it is manifest , from the effect which the article has in these phrases ; it means a small or great number collectively taken ...
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... number expresses but one object ; as , a chair , a table . The plural number signifies more objects than one ; as chairs , tables . } Some nouns , from the nature of the things which they express , are used only in the singular form ...
... number expresses but one object ; as , a chair , a table . The plural number signifies more objects than one ; as chairs , tables . } Some nouns , from the nature of the things which they express , are used only in the singular form ...
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... plural by changing the a of the singular into e : as , man , men : woman , women ; alder- man , aldermen . The words ox and child , form oxen and children ; brother , makes either brothers , or brethren . Sometimes the diphthong oo is ...
... plural by changing the a of the singular into e : as , man , men : woman , women ; alder- man , aldermen . The words ox and child , form oxen and children ; brother , makes either brothers , or brethren . Sometimes the diphthong oo is ...
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... plural number : as , antipodes , credenda ,. literati , minutix . The following nouns being , in Latin , both singular and plural , are used in the same manner when adopted into our tongue hiatus , apparatus , series , species . SECT ...
... plural number : as , antipodes , credenda ,. literati , minutix . The following nouns being , in Latin , both singular and plural , are used in the same manner when adopted into our tongue hiatus , apparatus , series , species . SECT ...
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... Plural . Nominative . DOMINI , Lords . Genitive . DOMINORUM , Lords ' , of ... number of cases than the Greek and Latin tongues ; for , as every preposi ... number of declensions , as well as cases , Vossius , Clarke , Ruddiman , Harris ...
... Plural . Nominative . DOMINI , Lords . Genitive . DOMINORUM , Lords ' , of ... number of cases than the Greek and Latin tongues ; for , as every preposi ... number of declensions , as well as cases , Vossius , Clarke , Ruddiman , Harris ...
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