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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... applied , will be the certainty and ease with which we transfuse our sentiments into the minds of one another ; and that , without a competent knowledge of this kind , we shall frequently be in hazard of misunderstanding others , and of ...
... applied , will be the certainty and ease with which we transfuse our sentiments into the minds of one another ; and that , without a competent knowledge of this kind , we shall frequently be in hazard of misunderstanding others , and of ...
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... applied to explain the nature , of a conso- nant and , by this means , the student is led into error and perplexity , respecting these elements of language . It should be impressed on his mind , that the name of every conso- nant is a ...
... applied to explain the nature , of a conso- nant and , by this means , the student is led into error and perplexity , respecting these elements of language . It should be impressed on his mind , that the name of every conso- nant is a ...
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... applied to adverbs in the comparative and superlative degree ; and its effect is , to mark the degree the more strongly , and to define it the more precisely : as , " The more I examine it the better I like it . 32a • □ like this the ...
... applied to adverbs in the comparative and superlative degree ; and its effect is , to mark the degree the more strongly , and to define it the more precisely : as , " The more I examine it the better I like it . 32a • □ like this the ...
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... applying this principle to our own language , as far as utility , and the idiom of it , will admit . Now it is obvious , that in English , a noun governed by an active verb , or a preposition , is very differently circumstanced , from a ...
... applying this principle to our own language , as far as utility , and the idiom of it , will admit . Now it is obvious , that in English , a noun governed by an active verb , or a preposition , is very differently circumstanced , from a ...
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... interrogatively , relates to a word or phrase which is not antecedent , but subsequent , to the relat ve . See note under the VI . Rule of Syntax . 66 Who is applied to persons , which to animals 8b 44 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... interrogatively , relates to a word or phrase which is not antecedent , but subsequent , to the relat ve . See note under the VI . Rule of Syntax . 66 Who is applied to persons , which to animals 8b 44 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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accent according to RULE active verb adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeably Amphibrach appear auxiliary better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connexion consonant construction copulative denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished ellipsis emphasis English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense gender genitive governed 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 names nature nominative noun objective observations Octavo Grammar participle passive pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrase Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative pronoun Repeat respect sense sentiments short signify simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood superlative syllable tence termination thing third person singular tion tive Trochee verse virtue voice vowel wise words writing
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