English Grammar in Familiar Lectures: Accompanied by a Compendium; Embracing a New Systematick 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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... position of many parts ; but whoever examines it attentively , will find that , although the author has not followed the common " artificial and unnatural arrangement adopted by most of his predecessors , " yet he has endea voured to ...
... position of many parts ; but whoever examines it attentively , will find that , although the author has not followed the common " artificial and unnatural arrangement adopted by most of his predecessors , " yet he has endea voured to ...
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... POSITION , PRONOUN , CONJUNCTION , and INTER- JECTION . Thus you perceive , that all the words in the English lan- guage are included in these ten classes : and what you have to do in acquiring a knowledge of English Grammar , is merely ...
... POSITION , PRONOUN , CONJUNCTION , and INTER- JECTION . Thus you perceive , that all the words in the English lan- guage are included in these ten classes : and what you have to do in acquiring a knowledge of English Grammar , is merely ...
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... position they have in relation to other words . Nouns have three cases , the nominative , the possessive , and the objective . I deem the essential qualities of case , in English , to consist , not in the changes or inflections produced ...
... position they have in relation to other words . Nouns have three cases , the nominative , the possessive , and the objective . I deem the essential qualities of case , in English , to consist , not in the changes or inflections produced ...
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... position . They are ; i . e . they air themselves , or breathe air ; they inspirit , vivify , or uphold themselves by inhaling air . Many verbs whose objects are seldom expressed , always have a personal or verbal one implied . The ...
... position . They are ; i . e . they air themselves , or breathe air ; they inspirit , vivify , or uphold themselves by inhaling air . Many verbs whose objects are seldom expressed , always have a personal or verbal one implied . The ...
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... position may be doubted ; but if it can be clearly demonstrated , that every particle of matter is always in motion , it does not , by any means , follow , that we cannot speak of things in a state of quiescence . What is false in fact ...
... position may be doubted ; but if it can be clearly demonstrated , that every particle of matter is always in motion , it does not , by any means , follow , that we cannot speak of things in a state of quiescence . What is false in fact ...
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according to RULE action active verb active-transitive verb adjective pronoun adverbs agree agreeably to RULE antecedent apple apply in parsing belong comma compound conjugation conjunction connected construction correct denotes derived diphthong ellipsis employed English English language examples EXERCISES IN PARSING express FALSE SYNTAX gender give governed grammar horse imperative imperative mood imperfect tense implies indicative mood infinitive mood 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 RULE 20 sense sentence signifies Sing singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable SYSTEMATICK ORDER tence termination thing third person thou tion tive transitive verb understood virtue vowel walk words write
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