A System of English GrammarOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 168 pages |
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Page 11
... marks or characters have been invented to represent them . These marks are known by the name of the Letters of the Alphabet . The resolution of sounds into their simple elements , and the adoption of marks to represent them , must be ...
... marks or characters have been invented to represent them . These marks are known by the name of the Letters of the Alphabet . The resolution of sounds into their simple elements , and the adoption of marks to represent them , must be ...
Page 18
... marks it out from other things that bear the same name . The characteristic of the adjective is , that it limits the ... marks of ideas or sensations , nouns adjective are marks put upon nouns substantive , or marks upon marks , in order ...
... marks it out from other things that bear the same name . The characteristic of the adjective is , that it limits the ... marks of ideas or sensations , nouns adjective are marks put upon nouns substantive , or marks upon marks , in order ...
Page 19
... mark a subdivision of that class . Thus the word rose is the mark of a large class : apply to it the adjective yellow , that is , put the mark yellow upon the mark rose , and you have the name yellow rose , which is a subdivision or ...
... mark a subdivision of that class . Thus the word rose is the mark of a large class : apply to it the adjective yellow , that is , put the mark yellow upon the mark rose , and you have the name yellow rose , which is a subdivision or ...
Page 22
... marks of which are perpetually required . Any artifice , therefore , to abridge the use of marks of such frequent ... mark which includes all marks of the class persons spoken to ; ' he , ' ' she , ' ' it , ' are marks which include ...
... marks of which are perpetually required . Any artifice , therefore , to abridge the use of marks of such frequent ... mark which includes all marks of the class persons spoken to ; ' he , ' ' she , ' ' it , ' are marks which include ...
Page 31
... ; they all belong to those cases of predication in which either the subject or predicate consists of enumerated particulars , and in which the conjunction is employed to mark the enumeration . Thus , we say , ' THE CONJUNCTION . 31.
... ; they all belong to those cases of predication in which either the subject or predicate consists of enumerated particulars , and in which the conjunction is employed to mark the enumeration . Thus , we say , ' THE CONJUNCTION . 31.
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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