A System of English GrammarOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 168 pages |
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... derived from nouns , and in English the use of the noun as an adjective is ex- ceedingly common . In order to qualify an object , the name of some other object in markable would be added to it . in the case of colours ; thus , we clay ...
... derived from nouns , and in English the use of the noun as an adjective is ex- ceedingly common . In order to qualify an object , the name of some other object in markable would be added to it . in the case of colours ; thus , we clay ...
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... derived from and answer to the personal pronouns , they may be called pronominal adjectives with more propriety than possessive pronouns . If they ever stand alone , they do not exactly supply the place of a noun , but merely have it ...
... derived from and answer to the personal pronouns , they may be called pronominal adjectives with more propriety than possessive pronouns . If they ever stand alone , they do not exactly supply the place of a noun , but merely have it ...
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... derived , are the Roman and Teutonic . - Johnson . What is theory ? The whole of the knowledge which we possess upon any subject put into that order and form in which it is most easy to draw from it good practical rules . - James Mill ...
... derived , are the Roman and Teutonic . - Johnson . What is theory ? The whole of the knowledge which we possess upon any subject put into that order and form in which it is most easy to draw from it good practical rules . - James Mill ...
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... derived ? To what words ought the name to be restricted ? What is Horne Tooke's opinion about interjections ? Mention a few interjections , and show their use by putting them into sentences . GENERAL EXERCISE IN PARSING OR ANALYSIS ...
... derived ? To what words ought the name to be restricted ? What is Horne Tooke's opinion about interjections ? Mention a few interjections , and show their use by putting them into sentences . GENERAL EXERCISE IN PARSING OR ANALYSIS ...
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... derived or rather adopted from dead or foreign tongues , for the most part retain their original plurals , and mere English scholars are very apt to blunder in the use of them , if they are not careful to make themselves familiar with ...
... derived or rather adopted from dead or foreign tongues , for the most part retain their original plurals , and mere English scholars are very apt to blunder in the use of them , if they are not careful to make themselves familiar with ...
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abstract nouns Adam Smith adverb affirmed AFFIXES Alison Alnascar ascer assertion belong Cæsar called class of words clause common comparative comparison compound conjunction connected connexion considered consonant copula correct dative Defective Verbs definition denoting derived distinction English language error etymology examples EXERCISE expressed feminine Future Perfect Tense gender give grammar grammarians Greek Hallam idea indicates Infinitive inflection James reads John king Latham Latin mark masculine meaning Milton mind moods nature neuter nominative nouns substantive Numeral Adjectives object observed original orthography parsing passive voice PAST TENSE Perfect Participle plural possessive POTENTIAL MOOD predicate preposition Present Tense principle pupil qualifying the noun refer relative pronoun remark represent respect rules of syntax sense Shakspeare signification singular sometimes sort sound speak speech spoken superlative thee thing Thou thought tion tive transitive verb truth verb violated vowel Wordsworth write