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With Critical Notes Robert Lowth. - But to exprefs the Time of the Verb the English ufes alfo the affiftance of other Verbs ... Auxiliary may placed before the Nominative Cafe : as , " Long may be live ! " C " I called 圈 called therefore ...
With Critical Notes Robert Lowth. - But to exprefs the Time of the Verb the English ufes alfo the affiftance of other Verbs ... Auxiliary may placed before the Nominative Cafe : as , " Long may be live ! " C " I called 圈 called therefore ...
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... Auxiliary Verb will is always thus formed in the fecond and third Perfons fingular : but the Verb to will , not be ing an Auxiliary , is formed regularly in thofe Perfons : I will , Thou willeft , He willeth , or wills . " Thou , that ...
... Auxiliary Verb will is always thus formed in the fecond and third Perfons fingular : but the Verb to will , not be ing an Auxiliary , is formed regularly in thofe Perfons : I will , Thou willeft , He willeth , or wills . " Thou , that ...
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... Auxiliary to be , constitutes the Paffive Verb ; and in that ftate , or when used without the Auxiliary in a Paffive fenfe ,, is called the Paffive Participle . [ 9 ] I think it be thine indeed ; for thou lieft in it . " Shake- fear ...
... Auxiliary to be , constitutes the Paffive Verb ; and in that ftate , or when used without the Auxiliary in a Paffive fenfe ,, is called the Paffive Participle . [ 9 ] I think it be thine indeed ; for thou lieft in it . " Shake- fear ...
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... Verb laid out and diftributed according to thefe diftinctions of Time .. Verb itself in the Prefent , and the Auxiliary both of the Prefent and Paft Imperfect Times , often carry with them somewhat of a Euture fenfe , as , " If he come ...
... Verb laid out and diftributed according to thefe diftinctions of Time .. Verb itself in the Prefent , and the Auxiliary both of the Prefent and Paft Imperfect Times , often carry with them somewhat of a Euture fenfe , as , " If he come ...
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... Verb , the Auxiliary do is fometimes ufed : I do ( now ) love ; I did ( then ) . love . Thus , with very little variation of the prin cipal Verb , the feveral circumftances of Mode and Time are clearly expreffed by the help of the ...
... Verb , the Auxiliary do is fometimes ufed : I do ( now ) love ; I did ( then ) . love . Thus , with very little variation of the prin cipal Verb , the feveral circumftances of Mode and Time are clearly expreffed by the help of the ...
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Addifon Adjective Adverb alfo alſo anſwer Auxiliary Auxiliary Verb becauſe Bentley caſe confonant conftruction Conjunction difcourfe diftinction diftinguiſhed diphthong Dryden Effay Engliſh example expreffed expreffion expreſſed faid fame fecond feems fenfe feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fignification fimple firft firſt fitten fome fometimes ftand ftill fuch fyllable governed Grammar hath Ibid improperly Indicative Mode Infinitive Mode inftances inſtead Irregular Irregular Verbs itſelf laft Language laſt Letter likewife Milton miſtake moft moſt muſt Neuter Nominative Cafe Noun obferved obfolete Objective Cafe paffion Paffive Paft Participle pauſes Phalaris phrafe Phraſe Plural Number Poffeffive Cafe Pope Prefent Prepofition Pronominal Adjectives Pronoun purpoſe reaſon reft reſpect Saxon ſay ſeems Sentence Serm Shakeſpear ſhall ſome Spect ſtill ſtyle Subft Subftantive Subjunctive Mode ſuch Swift tence thee thefe themſelves theſe thing third Perfon Singular thofe thoſe Thou tive underſtood uſed Verb Active Verb Neuter vowel whoſe words