A System of English GrammarOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 168 pages |
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... respects , have simplified my work , as by entering more fully into disputed points I could easily have enlarged it . But I have endeav- oured to adopt a medium course- not being inclined to appeal oftener than necessary to the faith of ...
... respects , have simplified my work , as by entering more fully into disputed points I could easily have enlarged it . But I have endeav- oured to adopt a medium course- not being inclined to appeal oftener than necessary to the faith of ...
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... view is not only satisfactory but highly improving . With respect to the sentences , whether given as illustra- tions or violations of the rules of syntax , I have to remark , that they are , with very few exceptions , presented PREFACE .
... view is not only satisfactory but highly improving . With respect to the sentences , whether given as illustra- tions or violations of the rules of syntax , I have to remark , that they are , with very few exceptions , presented PREFACE .
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... respects . To represent fifteen different sounds , as in the words fate , far , fall , fat ; me , met ; pine , pin ; no , move , nor , not ; tube , tub , bull ; it has only five distinct characters . It has no character to represent the ...
... respects . To represent fifteen different sounds , as in the words fate , far , fall , fat ; me , met ; pine , pin ; no , move , nor , not ; tube , tub , bull ; it has only five distinct characters . It has no character to represent the ...
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... respect to the individual soldiers of whom any regiment is com- posed . " - Logic , vol . i . p . 34 . 28. The ... respects do the two sorts agree , and wherein do they differ ? On what principle are words classified by gram- marians ...
... respect to the individual soldiers of whom any regiment is com- posed . " - Logic , vol . i . p . 34 . 28. The ... respects do the two sorts agree , and wherein do they differ ? On what principle are words classified by gram- marians ...
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... respects come under the defini- tion of the adjective , it is unnecessary , as well as improper , to rank them as a class by themselves . In signification , a or an is equivalent to the numeral adjective one , and the to the ...
... respects come under the defini- tion of the adjective , it is unnecessary , as well as improper , to rank them as a class by themselves . In signification , a or an is equivalent to the numeral adjective one , and the to the ...
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