A System of English GrammarOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 168 pages |
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... Verb To Be , ...... 122 The Preposition , .. 28 VIII . The Adjective ,. .126 The Conjunction , .. 30 IX . - The Distributives , ..... 128 The Interjection , 34 General Exercise in Parsing or verb , Analysis , 35 verb , II . INFLECTION ...
... Verb To Be , ...... 122 The Preposition , .. 28 VIII . The Adjective ,. .126 The Conjunction , .. 30 IX . - The Distributives , ..... 128 The Interjection , 34 General Exercise in Parsing or verb , Analysis , 35 verb , II . INFLECTION ...
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... Verb , Adverb , Preposition , Conjunction , and Inter- jection . 22. A definition of each of these classes of words ought to point out the characteristic or specific idea by which it is distinguished from all the others ; and every ...
... Verb , Adverb , Preposition , Conjunction , and Inter- jection . 22. A definition of each of these classes of words ought to point out the characteristic or specific idea by which it is distinguished from all the others ; and every ...
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Charles Walker Connon. 4 and a verb , the noun to express the thing spoken about , and the verb to indicate what is affirmed concerning it . 24. Nouns are divided into two great classes , Proper and Common . A proper name is one that is ...
Charles Walker Connon. 4 and a verb , the noun to express the thing spoken about , and the verb to indicate what is affirmed concerning it . 24. Nouns are divided into two great classes , Proper and Common . A proper name is one that is ...
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... verb ( which will be treated of afterwards ) , when used as the name of an action , is called a Verbal Noun . In the ... verbs that abstract nouns have to adjectives . EXERCISE II . 1. What is the wide and what the restricted sense of ...
... verb ( which will be treated of afterwards ) , when used as the name of an action , is called a Verbal Noun . In the ... verbs that abstract nouns have to adjectives . EXERCISE II . 1. What is the wide and what the restricted sense of ...
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... verb are the same . Self is added to per- * Mill's Analysis , & c . , vol . i . p . 142 . In form they are like the relatives , and may still be considered as such - an obvious ellipsis being supplied . " Who did it ? " Here who is an ...
... verb are the same . Self is added to per- * Mill's Analysis , & c . , vol . i . p . 142 . In form they are like the relatives , and may still be considered as such - an obvious ellipsis being supplied . " Who did it ? " Here who is an ...
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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