A System of English GrammarOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 168 pages |
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... sentences he is required - by way of practical exercise - to correct by reference to the rule , and a comparison with ... sentence is right , or how wrong , and how it probably came to be wrong . No good writer commits an error but from ...
... sentences he is required - by way of practical exercise - to correct by reference to the rule , and a comparison with ... sentence is right , or how wrong , and how it probably came to be wrong . No good writer commits an error but from ...
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... sentence for the purpose of obtaining an error to refute , so I have never falsified a quotation by leaving out supplement- ary clauses . When this is done , and words between which a discrepancy exists are brought into close contact ...
... sentence for the purpose of obtaining an error to refute , so I have never falsified a quotation by leaving out supplement- ary clauses . When this is done , and words between which a discrepancy exists are brought into close contact ...
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... , dry , merry , pity , and state on what principle the y is retained , or changed into i . 8. Supply the blanks in the following sentences with the appro- priate words : - ks ; and c has no sound that may not ORTHOGRAPHY . 13 Orthoëpy,
... , dry , merry , pity , and state on what principle the y is retained , or changed into i . 8. Supply the blanks in the following sentences with the appro- priate words : - ks ; and c has no sound that may not ORTHOGRAPHY . 13 Orthoëpy,
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... , dry , merry , pity , and state on what principle the y is retained , or changed into i . 8. Supply the blanks in the following sentences with the appro- priate words : - I looked for him in the house , but he ORTHOGRAPHY . 13.
... , dry , merry , pity , and state on what principle the y is retained , or changed into i . 8. Supply the blanks in the following sentences with the appro- priate words : - I looked for him in the house , but he ORTHOGRAPHY . 13.
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... the others do not belong to this class . It should be carefully observed , that every proposition , or sentence that asserts any thing , must contain at least a noun 4 and a verb , the noun to express the THE NOUN . 15.
... the others do not belong to this class . It should be carefully observed , that every proposition , or sentence that asserts any thing , must contain at least a noun 4 and a verb , the noun to express the THE NOUN . 15.
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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