An Abridgment of English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language. With Exercises in Orthography, in Parsing, in Syntax, and in Punctuation, Designed for the Younger Classes of Learners |
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according to RULE action active verb adjective pronoun adverb COMMA common substantive Conjugate the following conjunction DEFECTIVE VERBS definite article denotes derived EXERCISES IN PARSING express following verbs govern the objective happy heart honour IMPERATIVE MOOD indicative mood INFINITIVE MOOD Interjections jective lative letter live loved 2 Thou loved 2 Ye loved Imperfect Tense loved Perfect loved Pluperfect Tense loved Plural loved Singular manner mayst or canst mind neuter gender nominative omitted ourselves passions passive peace Perf perfect participle personal pronoun plural number Possess POTENTIAL MOOD preposition Present Tense proper regular verb relative pronoun RULE VIII RULE XI Rules of Syntax Saw Say SECT Semicolon sentence shouldst signifies singular number strowed SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD syllable temper thee thing third person singular Thou art Thou mayst Thou mightst tion tive mood verb active verb neuter vice virtue virtuous voice vowel wise word wouldst Write the following
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Page 13 - AN Article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends; as, a garden, an eagle, the woman. In English, there are but two articles, a and the : a becomes an before a vowel *, and before a silent h ; as, an acorn, an hour.
Page 65 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
Page 12 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Page 23 - A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word ; as, the man is happy, he is benevolent, he is useful.
Page 92 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Page 91 - Th' unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty Hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wond'rous tale, And nightly to the...
Page 29 - A Verb Passive expresses a passion or a suffering, or the receiving of an action; and necessarily implies an object acted upon, and an agent by which it is acted upon : as, to be loved ; 'Penelope is loved by me'.
Page 62 - LONG or SHORT. A vowel or syllable is long, when the accent is on the vowel; which occasions it to be slowly joined in pronunciation with the following letters: as, " Fall, bale, mood, house, feature." A syllable is short, when the accent is on the consonant; which occasions the vowel to be quickly joined to the succeeding letter: as, " Ant, bonnet, hunger." A long syllable generally requires double the time of a short one in pronouncing it: thus, " Mate" and " Note" should be pronounced as slowly...
Page 12 - English, nine sorts of words, or, as they are commonly called, PARTS OF SPEECH ; namely, the ARTICLE, the SUBSTANTIVE or NOUN, the ADJECTIVE, the PRONOUN, the VERB, the ADVERB, the PREPOSITION, the CONJUNCTION, aad the INTERJECTION. 1 . An Article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends : as, a garden, an eagle, the woman.
Page 62 - Accent Accent is the laying of a peculiar stress of the voice on a certain letter or syllable in a word, that it may be better heard than the rest, or distinguished from them...