The Grammatical Instructer; Containing an Exposition of All the Essential Rules of English Grammar, EtcWaitt & Dow, 1832 - 160 Seiten |
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... 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 serene . The article an is ...
... 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 serene . The article an is ...
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... understood ; as , ' I called at the bookseller's , ' that is , at the bookseller's shop . C The possessive its is often improperly used for ' tis or it is ; as , ' Its my book ; ' instead of It is my book . ' Participial or verbal nouns ...
... understood ; as , ' I called at the bookseller's , ' that is , at the bookseller's shop . C The possessive its is often improperly used for ' tis or it is ; as , ' Its my book ; ' instead of It is my book . ' Participial or verbal nouns ...
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... understood ; as , I am ten inches taller than you . ' Here the preposition is understood . ' I am taller than you by ten inches . ' Here , the preposition is expressed . A noun , which signifies the height , length , breadth , depth ...
... understood ; as , I am ten inches taller than you . ' Here the preposition is understood . ' I am taller than you by ten inches . ' Here , the preposition is expressed . A noun , which signifies the height , length , breadth , depth ...
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... understood ; as , " He went a hunting , ' that is , on a hunting . " A participial noun may stand as a nominative case to a following verb ; as , His dying reduced the children to poverty . ? " Men's continuing in sin is the cause of ...
... understood ; as , " He went a hunting , ' that is , on a hunting . " A participial noun may stand as a nominative case to a following verb ; as , His dying reduced the children to poverty . ? " Men's continuing in sin is the cause of ...
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... understood , take them together , and call them an adverb , or adverbial phrase ; as , in vain , in general , in particular , & c .; that is , vainly , generally , particularly . A noun with its adjective is reckoned as one com- pound ...
... understood , take them together , and call them an adverb , or adverbial phrase ; as , in vain , in general , in particular , & c .; that is , vainly , generally , particularly . A noun with its adjective is reckoned as one com- pound ...
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