The Grammatical Instructer; Containing an Exposition of All the Essential Rules of English Grammar, Etc |
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A verb or pronoun , agreeing with a noun of multi- titude , may be either in the singular or plural number ; yet not without regard to the import of the noun , as conveying unity or plurality of idea ; as , ' The meeting was large .
A verb or pronoun , agreeing with a noun of multi- titude , may be either in the singular or plural number ; yet not without regard to the import of the noun , as conveying unity or plurality of idea ; as , ' The meeting was large .
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6 The participle is distinguished from the adjective , by the former's expressing the idea of time , and the latter's denoting only a quality . The phrases , loving to give as well as to receive , moving in haste , heated with liquor ...
6 The participle is distinguished from the adjective , by the former's expressing the idea of time , and the latter's denoting only a quality . The phrases , loving to give as well as to receive , moving in haste , heated with liquor ...
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The part of speech , that is omitted , must be added in idea , either to complete the sense , or to parse the sentence grammatically . To shun the unpleasing repetition of words , and to have the mode of expression as ...
The part of speech , that is omitted , must be added in idea , either to complete the sense , or to parse the sentence grammatically . To shun the unpleasing repetition of words , and to have the mode of expression as ...
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... as those are swallowed up whole , that go down into the pit . That this verse cannot be parsed without supplying , in idea , the words that are omitted , by the ellipsis , is evident to all acquainted with the ...
... as those are swallowed up whole , that go down into the pit . That this verse cannot be parsed without supplying , in idea , the words that are omitted , by the ellipsis , is evident to all acquainted with the ...
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A selection of words and phrases , which are pecu- liarly expressive of the ideas we design to communi- cate , or which are as particular ... so as to exhibit neither more nor less than an exact copy of the person's idea who uses it .
A selection of words and phrases , which are pecu- liarly expressive of the ideas we design to communi- cate , or which are as particular ... so as to exhibit neither more nor less than an exact copy of the person's idea who uses it .
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