The Grammatical Instructer; Containing an Exposition of All the Essential Rules of English Grammar, EtcWaitt & Dow, 1832 - 160 Seiten |
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... display their unfitness to write and to speak . ' BOSTON : PUBLISHED BY WAITT & DOW . SOLD ALSO BY MARSH , CAPEN & LYON , WILLIAM HYDE & CO . , AND JONES & OAKES . Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1832 . THE ...
... display their unfitness to write and to speak . ' BOSTON : PUBLISHED BY WAITT & DOW . SOLD ALSO BY MARSH , CAPEN & LYON , WILLIAM HYDE & CO . , AND JONES & OAKES . Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1832 . THE ...
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... Boston , New - York , and Philadelphia , are proper nouns . When proper nouns have an article prefixed to them , they are used as common nouns ; as , ' He is the Cicero of his age . He is reading the lives of the twelve Casars . Proper ...
... Boston , New - York , and Philadelphia , are proper nouns . When proper nouns have an article prefixed to them , they are used as common nouns ; as , ' He is the Cicero of his age . He is reading the lives of the twelve Casars . Proper ...
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... Boston ; the town Waltham . ' To say the city of Boston ' is not correct , because if the latter noun be governed by the preposition of , it cannot be put in ap- position to the former , and consequently does not sig- nify the same ...
... Boston ; the town Waltham . ' To say the city of Boston ' is not correct , because if the latter noun be governed by the preposition of , it cannot be put in ap- position to the former , and consequently does not sig- nify the same ...
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... Boston ? Does it lie near Boston , or is it at a great distance from it ? 6 The harbor of Boston . The Queen of Sheba . These are correct ; both nouns do not refer to the same thing . Harbor is one thing , and Boston is another . Queen ...
... Boston ? Does it lie near Boston , or is it at a great distance from it ? 6 The harbor of Boston . The Queen of Sheba . These are correct ; both nouns do not refer to the same thing . Harbor is one thing , and Boston is another . Queen ...
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... Boston . ' It should be used after the antecedent who ; as , who that is any wise fearful , had better stay be- hind . ' 6 Nouns of multitude should be represented by that ; as , " The family that I boarded with were very kind ...
... Boston . ' It should be used after the antecedent who ; as , who that is any wise fearful , had better stay be- hind . ' 6 Nouns of multitude should be represented by that ; as , " The family that I boarded with were very kind ...
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action active verb added adjective admit adverb agree asked belong Boston called cause comma common noun comparative compound conjunction connect denotes example express figure future gender gives governed grammar happiness Heaven idea Imperfect Tense implies indicative mode infinitive mode irregular joined kind kings letter lives loved loved Singular manner mark meaning metaphor mind nature neuter verb never nominative objective participle passion perfect personal pronoun Plural plural number possessive preceding preposition present tense pride pronoun proper qualifying reason refer regular relate relative requires rise Rule sense sentence separated signifies singular number sometimes speaking speech stand thee thing third person thou tion tive understood vice virtue whole wise words writing