A System of English GrammarOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 168 pages |
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... seems to me as objectionable and unwise in grammar as in any thing else . The mistakes I have pointed out are all from modern or recent , many of them from living authors . Some may object to this that it is not sufficiently respectful ...
... seems to me as objectionable and unwise in grammar as in any thing else . The mistakes I have pointed out are all from modern or recent , many of them from living authors . Some may object to this that it is not sufficiently respectful ...
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... seem more properly to belong to the adjective . For instance , the eight words , my , thy , his , her , its , our , your , their , correspond exactly in office with the definition of the adjective ; but as they are derived from and ...
... seem more properly to belong to the adjective . For instance , the eight words , my , thy , his , her , its , our , your , their , correspond exactly in office with the definition of the adjective ; but as they are derived from and ...
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... seem originally to have been contrived to express compendiously in one word what must otherwise have required two or more . " The truth of this doctrine will appear by an inspection of the following table of Adverbs of Place : - In . To ...
... seem originally to have been contrived to express compendiously in one word what must otherwise have required two or more . " The truth of this doctrine will appear by an inspection of the following table of Adverbs of Place : - In . To ...
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... seems to connect words and not predications . " We do not think that Mr Mill's argument is conclusive . There is no seeming about the matter . We wish it , however , to be distinctly understood , that we do not charge his doctrine with ...
... seems to connect words and not predications . " We do not think that Mr Mill's argument is conclusive . There is no seeming about the matter . We wish it , however , to be distinctly understood , that we do not charge his doctrine with ...
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... seems particularly fitted for the residence of beings placed here only for a short time , whose task is to advance themselves to a higher and happier state of existence by unremitted vigilance of caution and activity of virtue ...
... seems particularly fitted for the residence of beings placed here only for a short time , whose task is to advance themselves to a higher and happier state of existence by unremitted vigilance of caution and activity of virtue ...
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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