An enlarged edition of Murray's abridged English grammar, by dr. [J.A.] Giles1839 - 212 pages |
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... GENDER . Gender is the distinction of nouns , with regard to sex . There are three genders , the Masculine , the Feminine , and the Neuter . The masculine gender denotes animals of the male kind ; as , a man , a horse , a bull . The ...
... GENDER . Gender is the distinction of nouns , with regard to sex . There are three genders , the Masculine , the Feminine , and the Neuter . The masculine gender denotes animals of the male kind ; as , a man , a horse , a bull . The ...
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Lindley Murray John Allen Giles. feminine gender ; as , when we say of the sun , he is setting , and of a ship , she sails well , & c . The English language has three methods of distinguishing the sex , viz . 1. By different words : as ...
Lindley Murray John Allen Giles. feminine gender ; as , when we say of the sun , he is setting , and of a ship , she sails well , & c . The English language has three methods of distinguishing the sex , viz . 1. By different words : as ...
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... gender , number , or case . Thus we say , " A careless boy ; careless girls . " The only variation which it admits , is that of the degrees of comparison . There are commonly reckoned three degrees of comparison ; the positive ...
... gender , number , or case . Thus we say , " A careless boy ; careless girls . " The only variation which it admits , is that of the degrees of comparison . There are commonly reckoned three degrees of comparison ; the positive ...
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... , and the Adjective Pro- noun . PERSONAL PRONOUNS . There are five personal pronouns ; viz . I , thou , he , she , it ; with their plurals , we , ye or you , they . Personal pronouns admit of person , number , gender , ETYMOLOGY . 21.
... , and the Adjective Pro- noun . PERSONAL PRONOUNS . There are five personal pronouns ; viz . I , thou , he , she , it ; with their plurals , we , ye or you , they . Personal pronouns admit of person , number , gender , ETYMOLOGY . 21.
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... Gender has respect only to the third person singular of the pronouns , he , she , it . He is mas- culine ; she is feminine ; it is neuter . Pronouns have three cases ; the nominative , the possessive , and the objective . * its , ours ...
... Gender has respect only to the third person singular of the pronouns , he , she , it . He is mas- culine ; she is feminine ; it is neuter . Pronouns have three cases ; the nominative , the possessive , and the objective . * its , ours ...
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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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