The Grammatical Instructer; Containing an Exposition of All the Essential Rules of English Grammar, EtcWaitt & Dow, 1832 - 160 Seiten |
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... sense with a preposition understood . As , He came twice ( in ) a year . Fifty cents ( for ) a bushel . The indefinite article is sometimes placed between the adjective many and a singular noun ; as , ' Full many a gem of purest ray ...
... sense with a preposition understood . As , He came twice ( in ) a year . Fifty cents ( for ) a bushel . The indefinite article is sometimes placed between the adjective many and a singular noun ; as , ' Full many a gem of purest ray ...
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... sense may be correct . New - York is the name of a State possessing a City of the same name . But if the question were asked : What city of New- York ? ' We should be obliged to answer : ' New- York City , or , the city New - York . Not ...
... sense may be correct . New - York is the name of a State possessing a City of the same name . But if the question were asked : What city of New- York ? ' We should be obliged to answer : ' New- York City , or , the city New - York . Not ...
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... 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 his writing a book . ' There is much fortitude shown in a ...
... 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 his writing a book . ' There is much fortitude shown in a ...
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... sense , it is an adjective ; as , good thing , sweet thing , bright thing , & c . Pos . Great , Wise , DEGREES OF COMPARISON . Com . greater , wiser , Sup . greatest . wisest . In general , adjectives , consisting of more than one ...
... sense , it is an adjective ; as , good thing , sweet thing , bright thing , & c . Pos . Great , Wise , DEGREES OF COMPARISON . Com . greater , wiser , Sup . greatest . wisest . In general , adjectives , consisting of more than one ...
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... relative pronoun when it can be changed into who or which , without destroying the sense ; as , ' He that gave us life , is ever nigh to protect us . ' From every thing that you see , derive instruction . ' ENGLISH GRAMMAR . 27.
... relative pronoun when it can be changed into who or which , without destroying the sense ; as , ' He that gave us life , is ever nigh to protect us . ' From every thing that you see , derive instruction . ' ENGLISH GRAMMAR . 27.
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