The Grammatical Instructer; Containing an Exposition of All the Essential Rules of English Grammar, EtcWaitt & Dow, 1832 - 160 Seiten |
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... Adverb , Preposition , Conjunction , and Interjection . To know when and where to use these several parts of speech , and to render the subject plain and familiar , is the design of this work . EXPLANATION OF THE ARTICLE . An Article is ...
... Adverb , Preposition , Conjunction , and Interjection . To know when and where to use these several parts of speech , and to render the subject plain and familiar , is the design of this work . EXPLANATION OF THE ARTICLE . An Article is ...
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... adverb ; as , He tarried nearly an hour ; that is , nearly one hour . The indefinite article a or an , agrees with nouns in the singular number only . The definite article the agrees with nouns both of the singular and plural number ...
... adverb ; as , He tarried nearly an hour ; that is , nearly one hour . The indefinite article a or an , agrees with nouns in the singular number only . The definite article the agrees with nouns both of the singular and plural number ...
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... adverbs ; as , ' He walks graceful , instead of gracefully , ' He spoke correct ; instead of correctly . ' If quality is ... adverb , or adverbial phrase ; as , in vain , in general , in particular , & c .; that is , vainly , generally ...
... adverbs ; as , ' He walks graceful , instead of gracefully , ' He spoke correct ; instead of correctly . ' If quality is ... adverb , or adverbial phrase ; as , in vain , in general , in particular , & c .; that is , vainly , generally ...
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... adverb so must be used ; as , ' So bad a temper I never knew . ' In order to tell whether a word be an adjective , or not , place the word thing after it , and if it makes good sense , it is an adjective ; as , good thing , sweet thing ...
... adverb so must be used ; as , ' So bad a temper I never knew . ' In order to tell whether a word be an adjective , or not , place the word thing after it , and if it makes good sense , it is an adjective ; as , good thing , sweet thing ...
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... because , immediately is an adverb . The verb , whose tense the auxiliary shows , is the principal verb ; as , ' James will ride . John has writ- ten . ' The auxiliary verbs are signs of the potential mode . 48 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... because , immediately is an adverb . The verb , whose tense the auxiliary shows , is the principal verb ; as , ' James will ride . John has writ- ten . ' The auxiliary verbs are signs of the potential mode . 48 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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action active transitive verb Active verbs govern Adjective pronouns adverb agree blest bliss Boston called comma common noun connect connexion defective verb definite article denotes ELLIPSIS express govern the objective governs the verb grammar happiness Heaven IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect Tense indefinite indicative mode infinitive mode Interjections intransitive irregular neuter verb jective kings loved 2 Thou loved 2 Ye loved Singular masculine gender meaning metaphor mind nature nature's neuter gender never noun or pronoun nouns and pronouns number and person parsed participial noun passion passive verb perfect participle personal pronoun Pluperfect Tense plural number Poss possessive possessive adjective preposition present tense pride proper noun qualifying reason relative pronoun Rule second person Self-love sense sentence signifies singular number sometimes speech tence thee thing third person third person singular thou hadst thou shalt tion tive vice virtue wise words