An enlarged edition of Murray's abridged English grammar, by dr. [J.A.] Giles1839 - 212 pages |
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... placed after them ; as , " The King of England's crown ; " i . e . the crown of the King of England . In many cases , where the addition of the apo- strophic s would cause the noun to have an un- pleasant sound , it is better to change ...
... placed after them ; as , " The King of England's crown ; " i . e . the crown of the King of England . In many cases , where the addition of the apo- strophic s would cause the noun to have an un- pleasant sound , it is better to change ...
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... the comparative , by adding r or er ; and the super- lative , by adding st or est to the end of it : as , wise , wiser , wisest ; great , greater , greatest . The adverbs more and most , placed before the adjec- tive ETYMOLOGY . 19.
... the comparative , by adding r or er ; and the super- lative , by adding st or est to the end of it : as , wise , wiser , wisest ; great , greater , greatest . The adverbs more and most , placed before the adjec- tive ETYMOLOGY . 19.
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Lindley Murray John Allen Giles. adverbs more and most , placed before the adjec- tive , have the same effect ; as , wise , more wise , most wise . Monosyllables , for the most part , form their comparatives and superlatives by adding er ...
Lindley Murray John Allen Giles. adverbs more and most , placed before the adjec- tive , have the same effect ; as , wise , more wise , most wise . Monosyllables , for the most part , form their comparatives and superlatives by adding er ...
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... placed . Of these , un and mis are used only in composition ; the former means not , the latter ill . Many conjunctions are used adverbially ; as , " I know but this , " i . e . I know only this . PREPOSITION . Prepositions serve to ...
... placed . Of these , un and mis are used only in composition ; the former means not , the latter ill . Many conjunctions are used adverbially ; as , " I know but this , " i . e . I know only this . PREPOSITION . Prepositions serve to ...
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... placed before the verb ; but in the following cases it is commonly placed after it . 1. When the verb is interrogative , imperative , or @ 3 SYNTAX . 65 bute is the thing or action affirmed, or denied ...
... placed before the verb ; but in the following cases it is commonly placed after it . 1. When the verb is interrogative , imperative , or @ 3 SYNTAX . 65 bute is the thing or action affirmed, or denied ...
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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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