A Short Introduction to English Grammar: With Critical NotesJ. Dodsley, 1787 - 221 pages |
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Page vii
... reflexion ; we meet with no rubs or difficulties in our way , or we do not perceive them ; we find ourselves able to go on without rules , and we do not fo much A 4 much as fufpect , that we ftand in need of PREFACE . vii.
... reflexion ; we meet with no rubs or difficulties in our way , or we do not perceive them ; we find ourselves able to go on without rules , and we do not fo much A 4 much as fufpect , that we ftand in need of PREFACE . vii.
Page viii
With Critical Notes Robert Lowth. much as fufpect , that we ftand in need of them . A Grammatical Study of our own Language makes no part of the ordinary method of inftruction , which we pass through in our childhood , and it is very ...
With Critical Notes Robert Lowth. much as fufpect , that we ftand in need of them . A Grammatical Study of our own Language makes no part of the ordinary method of inftruction , which we pass through in our childhood , and it is very ...
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... ftand in- ftead of fome of the nouns , or fubftantives , going before them ; as , him fupplies the place of man ; his , of man's ; we , of men ,: implied in the general name man , in- cluding all men ( of which number is the fpeaker ...
... ftand in- ftead of fome of the nouns , or fubftantives , going before them ; as , him fupplies the place of man ; his , of man's ; we , of men ,: implied in the general name man , in- cluding all men ( of which number is the fpeaker ...
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... ftand for kinds , containing many forts ; or for forts , containing many individuals under them ; as , Animal , Man . And thefe Com- mon Names , whether of kinds or forts , are applied to exprefs individuals , by the help of Articles ...
... ftand for kinds , containing many forts ; or for forts , containing many individuals under them ; as , Animal , Man . And thefe Com- mon Names , whether of kinds or forts , are applied to exprefs individuals , by the help of Articles ...
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... ftand by them- felves the reft have the nature of Adjec - ` tives , and , as fuch , are joined to Subftan- tives ; and may be called Pronominal Ad- jectives . Thy , My , Her , Our , Yours , Their , are Pro- nominal Adjectives : but His ...
... ftand by them- felves the reft have the nature of Adjec - ` tives , and , as fuch , are joined to Subftan- tives ; and may be called Pronominal Ad- jectives . Thy , My , Her , Our , Yours , Their , are Pro- nominal Adjectives : but His ...
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Addifon Adjective Adverb agreeing alfo alſo anſwer Antecedent Auxiliary Auxiliary Verb becauſe Bentley Comma confonant conftruction Conjunction difcourfe diftinction diphthong Dryden Effay English English Language example expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond feems fenfe feveral fhall fhort fhould fignifies fimple firft firſt fitten fome fometimes fpoken ftand ftill ftyle fubject fuch fyllable Gender governed Grammar hath Ibid improperly Indicative Mode Infinitive Mode inftances inſtead Irregular Irregular Verbs itſelf laft Language lative Letter likewife Milton moſt muſt Nominative Cafe Noun obferved obfolete Objective Cafe occafion paffion Paffive Paft Participle paufe Phrafe phraſe Plural Number Poffeffive Cafe pofition Pope Prefent preffed Prepofition profe Pronominal Pronoun purpoſe reafon refpect Saxon Sentence Serm Shakeſpear Spect Subft Subftantive Subjunctive Mode Swift tence thee thefe theſe thing third Perfon Singular thofe thoſe thou tive underſtood uſed Verb Active Verb Neuter vowel whofe words