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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... words are the signs of our ideas , and the medium by which we perceive the sentiments of others , and communicate our own ; and as signs exhibit the things which they are intended to re- present , more or less accurately , according as ...
... words are the signs of our ideas , and the medium by which we perceive the sentiments of others , and communicate our own ; and as signs exhibit the things which they are intended to re- present , more or less accurately , according as ...
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... words , that Grammar treats , first , of the form and sound of the letters , the combination of letters into syllables , and syllables into words ; secondly , of the different sorts of words , their various modifications , and their ...
... words , that Grammar treats , first , of the form and sound of the letters , the combination of letters into syllables , and syllables into words ; secondly , of the different sorts of words , their various modifications , and their ...
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... words . Some authors retain this form : as , ænigma , æquator , & c .; but others have laid it aside , and write ... words ; as in baker , number , rhubarb , & c . In some words it is silent ; as in thumb , debtor , subtle , & c . In ...
... words . Some authors retain this form : as , ænigma , æquator , & c .; but others have laid it aside , and write ... words ; as in baker , number , rhubarb , & c . In some words it is silent ; as in thumb , debtor , subtle , & c . In ...
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... word ; and therefore we find in our best dic- tionaries , stick , block , publick , politick , & c . But many writers of latter years omit the k in words of two or more syllables ; and this practice is gaining ground , though it is ...
... word ; and therefore we find in our best dic- tionaries , stick , block , publick , politick , & c . But many writers of latter years omit the k in words of two or more syllables ; and this practice is gaining ground , though it is ...
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... words , hat , horse , Hull . It is seldom mute at the beginning of a word . It is always silent after r ; as , rhetoric , rheum , rhubarb . H final , preceded by a vowel , is always silent ; as , ah ! hah ! oh foh ! Sarah , Messiah ...
... words , hat , horse , Hull . It is seldom mute at the beginning of a word . It is always silent after r ; as , rhetoric , rheum , rhubarb . H final , preceded by a vowel , is always silent ; as , ah ! hah ! oh foh ! Sarah , Messiah ...
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accent action active verb adjective admit adverb agreeable appear auxiliary auxiliary verbs better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant copulative degree denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive governed grammar grammarians Greek guage hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb king learner Lord loved manner means mind moods and tenses mute names nature nominative noun object observations octavo participle passive pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrases Pluperfect Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition Present Tense principal proper properly propriety render respect RULE SECT sense sentiments shalt short signify simple singular number sometimes speak speech subjunctive mood superlative syllable termination thing tion tive Trochee variation verb active verb neuter virtue voice vowel wise words wouldst writing
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