The Elements of English Grammar: Methodically Arranged for the Assistance of Young Persons who Study the English Language Grammatically ; to which is Added a Concise Treatise of Rhetoric Designed Particularly for the Use of Ladies' Boarding Schools ...G.H. Fay, 1803 - 96 pages |
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... plural number ; as , a few fifhes ; a hundred pounds .. Io . The definite Article the is fet before Subftan tives both of the fingular and plural number , because Y is a confonant when it begins a word . we can fpeak determinately of ...
... plural number ; as , a few fifhes ; a hundred pounds .. Io . The definite Article the is fet before Subftan tives both of the fingular and plural number , because Y is a confonant when it begins a word . we can fpeak determinately of ...
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... plural . 7. The fingular number speaks but of one ; as , a king , a houfe , a proof . 8. The plural number fpeaks of more than one , and is formed by adding s to the fingular ; as , kings , boufes , proofs . [ See examples of this and ...
... plural . 7. The fingular number speaks but of one ; as , a king , a houfe , a proof . 8. The plural number fpeaks of more than one , and is formed by adding s to the fingular ; as , kings , boufes , proofs . [ See examples of this and ...
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... plural ; as , Cherub , Cherubim . Seraph , Ser- aphim . Some from the Greek change on into a ; as , Phenomenon , Phenomena . Automaton , automata . Cri- terion , criteria . 15. A few Subftantives , derived from the Latin , form their ...
... plural ; as , Cherub , Cherubim . Seraph , Ser- aphim . Some from the Greek change on into a ; as , Phenomenon , Phenomena . Automaton , automata . Cri- terion , criteria . 15. A few Subftantives , derived from the Latin , form their ...
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... Plural . Nom . and Obj . a King . Nom . and Obj . kings . Poff . king's . Poff . kings ' . Nom . and Obj . a Calf . Nom . and Obj . calves . * Poff . a calf's Poff . calves ' . Nom , and Obj . a Lady . Nom , and Obj . ladies a lady's ...
... Plural . Nom . and Obj . a King . Nom . and Obj . kings . Poff . king's . Poff . kings ' . Nom . and Obj . a Calf . Nom . and Obj . calves . * Poff . a calf's Poff . calves ' . Nom , and Obj . a Lady . Nom , and Obj . ladies a lady's ...
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... plural number in ufe , we add ano- ther word ; as , I have but one pair of fciffars . I read one of the annals of Tacitus . 31. Subftantives , taken in the largest and most un- limited fenfe , do not admit the articles before them ; as ...
... plural number in ufe , we add ano- ther word ; as , I have but one pair of fciffars . I read one of the annals of Tacitus . 31. Subftantives , taken in the largest and most un- limited fenfe , do not admit the articles before them ; as ...
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Active Verb Adjective Adverbs anfwer Antecedent Article Auxiliary AUXILIARY VERBS becauſe called chofen choofe choose chooſing comma comparifon conjugated Conjunction Defective Verbs defire denotes diftinguished example expreffed faid fame fecond feem feen fenfe feparated fhall fhew fhould fignification figure fingular number firft fleep following fentence fome fometimes fpeak ftate fuch fuperlative fuppofe gender grammar houfe houſe Imperative Mood Imperfect Tenfe Indicative Mood Infinitive Mood inftead inftruction interrogations Irregular Verbs joined likewife loft MILTON moft moſt muft muſt Neuter Verbs Nominative Cafe Noun obfcured obferved Objective Cafe OBSERVATIONS AND RULES paffed paft paſt perfon or thing Perfonal Pronouns phrafe Pluperfect plural number Poff Poffeffive Cafe POPE Potential Mood Pref Prefent Participle Prefent Tenfe Prepofition reafon Relative agreeing rife RULES OF SYNTAX ſeen Subftantives Subjunctive Mood tence Tenſe thee thefe theſe third perfon thofe Thou tive ufed uſed whofe wife words
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