An enlarged edition of Murray's abridged English grammar, by dr. [J.A.] Giles1839 - 212 pages |
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... singular number only ; as , a tall man , a fine horse . It is however used before certain nouns of the plural number ; as , a few apples , a great many pears . The is in general ` used before nouns , whether of the singular or of the ...
... singular number only ; as , a tall man , a fine horse . It is however used before certain nouns of the plural number ; as , a few apples , a great many pears . The is in general ` used before nouns , whether of the singular or of the ...
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... singular number , to denote the whole class ; as , " The lion is more generous than the tiger ; " i . e . lions are more generous than tigers . SUBSTANTIVE . * A substantive or noun is the name of any thing which exists , or of which we ...
... singular number , to denote the whole class ; as , " The lion is more generous than the tiger ; " i . e . lions are more generous than tigers . SUBSTANTIVE . * A substantive or noun is the name of any thing which exists , or of which we ...
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... singular and the plural . The singular number expresses but one object ; as , a chair , a table . The plural number signifies more objects than one ; as , chairs , tables . Some nouns , from the nature of the things which they express ...
... singular and the plural . The singular number expresses but one object ; as , a chair , a table . The plural number signifies more objects than one ; as , chairs , tables . Some nouns , from the nature of the things which they express ...
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... singular , with no other vowel in the same syllable , change it into ies in the plural ; as , beauty , beauties ; fly , flies ; but the y is not changed , when a vowel comes before it ; as , key , keys ; delay , delays . Nouns in um or ...
... singular , with no other vowel in the same syllable , change it into ies in the plural ; as , beauty , beauties ; fly , flies ; but the y is not changed , when a vowel comes before it ; as , key , keys ; delay , delays . Nouns in um or ...
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... singular ends in ss , the apostrophic s is not added ; as , " For good- ness ' sake ; " " For righteousness ' sake . " If two or more possessive cases are coupled to- gether by a conjunction , the apostrophe and s are added only to the ...
... singular ends in ss , the apostrophic s is not added ; as , " For good- ness ' sake ; " " For righteousness ' sake . " If two or more possessive cases are coupled to- gether by a conjunction , the apostrophe and s are added only to the ...
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accented active verb adjective pronouns adverbs Aristomenes auxiliary verb brother called comma common substantive Conjugate the following conjunction consonant couldst DEFECTIVE VERBS degrees of comparison denote derived diphthong English esteemed Exercises express favours following adjectives following nouns following verbs folly governed Grammar happy hath heart honour horse Imperative Mood imperfect tense indicative mood infinitive mood Interjection irregular verbs letter live Lord mayst or canst mind Name neuter gender nominative nouns objective Parsing passions peace Perf perfect participle personal pronouns PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood preposition PRESENT TENSE proper relative pronouns reward Rules of Syntax says SECOND FUTURE TENSE SECT sentence shouldst signifies singular number sometimes speak Subjunctive Mood substantives derived syllables temper thee thing third person singular Thou art Thou hast Thou mayst Thou mightst tive triphthong verb active verse vice virtue virtuous vowel wise word Write the following youth
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