An Abridgment of L. Murray's English Grammar: With Alterations and Improvements : Designed for the Use of the Younger Class of LearnersManning & Loring, 1808 - 72 Seiten |
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... writing the English language with propriety . It is divided into four parts , viz . ORTHOGRA- PHY , ETYMOLOGY , SYNTAX , and PROSODY . ORTHOGRAPHY . LETTERS . ORTHOGRAPHY teaches the nature and pow- ers of letters , and the juft method ...
... writing the English language with propriety . It is divided into four parts , viz . ORTHOGRA- PHY , ETYMOLOGY , SYNTAX , and PROSODY . ORTHOGRAPHY . LETTERS . ORTHOGRAPHY teaches the nature and pow- ers of letters , and the juft method ...
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... write ; or , to walk , to play , to write . 6. An Adverb is a part of speech joined to a verb , an adjective , and fometimes to another adverb , to exprefs fome quality or circumstance ; as , he reads well ; a truly good man ; he writes ...
... write ; or , to walk , to play , to write . 6. An Adverb is a part of speech joined to a verb , an adjective , and fometimes to another adverb , to exprefs fome quality or circumstance ; as , he reads well ; a truly good man ; he writes ...
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... Write wrote wore Wove , R. wept wound wrought , R. waxen , R. worn wept won wound wrought or worked wrung or wringed written woven , R. DEFECTIVE VERBS . Defective Verbs are those which are ufed only in fome of their modes and tenses ...
... Write wrote wore Wove , R. wept wound wrought , R. waxen , R. worn wept won wound wrought or worked wrung or wringed written woven , R. DEFECTIVE VERBS . Defective Verbs are those which are ufed only in fome of their modes and tenses ...
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... writes very correctly . " Some adverbs are compared , viz . " Soon , fooner , fooneft ; often , oftener , ofteneft . " And thofe ending in ly , are compared by more and moft ; as , " Wifely , more wifely , moft wifely . " [ Adverbs may ...
... writes very correctly . " Some adverbs are compared , viz . " Soon , fooner , fooneft ; often , oftener , ofteneft . " And thofe ending in ly , are compared by more and moft ; as , " Wifely , more wifely , moft wifely . " [ Adverbs may ...
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... write . " Conjunctions are fometimes made to con- hect different modes and tenses of verbs ; as , " He lives temperately , and he has long lived temperately ; " " He may return , but he will not continue . " RULE XIX . Conjunctions ...
... write . " Conjunctions are fometimes made to con- hect different modes and tenses of verbs ; as , " He lives temperately , and he has long lived temperately ; " " He may return , but he will not continue . " RULE XIX . Conjunctions ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
adjective adjuncts adverb alſo becauſe caufe colon comma compariſon COMPOUND PERFECT confifts confonant conjunction connected DEFECTIVE VERBS defire diphthong diſtinguiſhed Engliſh expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond feen femicolon fenfe feparated fhalt fhort fhould have loved fhould love fhouldft fign fignifies fimple fentence fingle finite verb fome fometimes fpeech ftudy fubftantive fubject fuch fuperlative fyllable gender houfe Imperative Mode IMPERFECT SINGULAR Indicative Mode Infinitive Mode inftances itfelf lefs LESSON Metonymy moft moſt muft muſt nominative cafe nouns nouns and pronouns objective cafe paffion Perf perfect participle PERFECT TENSE Perfonal pronouns phraſe PLUPERFECT SINGULAR PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number pofitive Potential Mode preffed prepofition PRESENT TENSE refpect REGULAR VERB relative pronoun repreſents requifite RULE SECOND FUTURE TENSE ſhall shalt or wilt Subjunctive Synecdoche tenfe tenſe thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe Thou art Thou mayft Thou mightft Thou shalt ufed uſed verb virtue vowel wife words and phrafes wouldft
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Seite 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Seite 57 - Were all books reduced thus to their quintessence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper : there would be scarce such a thing in nature as a folio : the works of an age would be contained on a few shelves ; not to mention millions of volumes that would be utterly annihilated.
Seite 43 - When a nominative comes between the relative and the verb, the relative is governed by some word in its own member of the sentence : as, " He who preserves me, to whom I owe my being, whose I am, and whom I serve, is eternal.
Seite 31 - They might have been loved. SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD. Present Tense. Singular. Plural. 1. If I be loved, 1. If we be loved, 2. If thou be loved, 2. If you be loved, 3. If he be loved; 3. If they be loved.
Seite 12 - What, is a kind of compound relative, including both the antecedent and the relative, and is equivalent to that which; as "This is what I wanted ;" that is to say,
Seite 46 - By the thirteenth rule of syntax, when verbs are used that, in point of time, relate to each other, the order of time should be observed. The imperfect tense visited should, therefore, have been had visited, in the pluperfect tense, representing the.