The Grammatical Instructer; Containing an Exposition of All the Essential Rules of English Grammar, Etc |
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Words are divided into classes called parts of speech , of which there are ten different kinds , viz . The Ar- ticle , Noun , Adjective , Pronoun , Verb , Participle , Adverb , Preposition , Conjunction , and Interjection .
Words are divided into classes called parts of speech , of which there are ten different kinds , viz . The Ar- ticle , Noun , Adjective , Pronoun , Verb , Participle , Adverb , Preposition , Conjunction , and Interjection .
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When there is but one of a particular name , place , or thing , that name , place , or thing , is called a proper noun . Char- lotte , George , and James , Boston , New - York , and Philadelphia , are proper nouns .
When there is but one of a particular name , place , or thing , that name , place , or thing , is called a proper noun . Char- lotte , George , and James , Boston , New - York , and Philadelphia , are proper nouns .
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Nouns are sometimes called substantives , because they are supposed to be , in general , the names of sub- stances , in contradistinction to adjectives , which are the names only of qualities belonging to those substan- Thus in the ...
Nouns are sometimes called substantives , because they are supposed to be , in general , the names of sub- stances , in contradistinction to adjectives , which are the names only of qualities belonging to those substan- Thus in the ...
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Sometimes a noun in the possessive case stands alone , the latter one , by which it is governed , being understood ; as , ' I called at the bookseller's , ' that is , at the bookseller's shop . C The possessive its is often improperly ...
Sometimes a noun in the possessive case stands alone , the latter one , by which it is governed , being understood ; as , ' I called at the bookseller's , ' that is , at the bookseller's shop . C The possessive its is often improperly ...
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Participial nouns , ( so called , because they have the sense of nouns , and admit prepositions to precede them , that govern them as nouns in the objective ) govern the nouns that follow them in the objective case ; as , ' I heard of ...
Participial nouns , ( so called , because they have the sense of nouns , and admit prepositions to precede them , that govern them as nouns in the objective ) govern the nouns that follow them in the objective case ; as , ' I heard of ...
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